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Assessing the impact of the Race Equality Charter Mark for British universities</span></h1></div> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_associatespersonsclassifiedportal rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_associatespersonsclassifiedportal rendering_contributiontojournal_associatespersonsclassifiedportal"><p class="relations persons"><a rel="Person" href="https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/ken.clark" class="link person"><span>Kenneth Clark</span></a>, Karis Campion</div> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_associatesorganisationsportal rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_associatesorganisationsportal rendering_contributiontojournal_associatesorganisationsportal"><ul class="relations organisations"><li class="4"><a rel="Organisation" href="https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/organisations/economics" class="link"><span>Economics</span></a></li></ul></div> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_publicationcontenttyperendererportalng rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_publicationcontenttyperendererportalng rendering_contributiontojournal_publicationcontenttyperendererportalng"><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Research output<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification_parent">Contribution to journal<span class="type_parent_sep"> › </span></span><span class="type_classification">Article</span><span class="type_classification"><span class="type_parent_sep"> › </span>peer-review</span></p></div> </div> <div class="publication-metrics" aria-label="Publication metrics section"> <div class="metrics-container"> <div class="metrics-wrap metrics-bottom one"> <div class="metric metric-altmetric"> <div data-badge-popover="top" data-badge-type="donut" data-uri="https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/revitalising-race-equality-policy-assessing-the-impact-of-the-rac/" data-hide-no-mentions="true" data-link-target='_blank' class="altmetric-embed"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="subMenu"> <div class="content-profile-navigation"> <div class="container"> <nav role="navigation"> <ul class="has-overflow-navigation" role="menubar"> <li class="selected" role="none"> <a class="portal_link" role="menuitem" href="/en/publications/revitalising-race-equality-policy-assessing-the-impact-of-the-rac"><span> <i class="icon icon-publication" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="label">Overview</span> </span></a> </li> <li class="" role="none"> <a class="portal_link" role="menuitem" href="/en/publications/revitalising-race-equality-policy-assessing-the-impact-of-the-rac/fingerprints/"><span> <i class="icon icon-fingerprint" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="label">Fingerprint</span> </span></a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div id="main-content" class="page-section-content page-section-content-publications page-section-content-publications-view no-margin "> <section class="page-section content-relation-section"> <div class="container"> <div class="clearfix"> <div class="content-content publication-content"> <h2 class="subheader">Abstract</h2> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_abstractportal rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_abstractportal rendering_contributiontojournal_abstractportal"><div class="textblock">The Race Equality Charter (REC) was introduced in 2014 as a national policy initiative that aims to support UK universities in developing cultural and systemic changes to promote race equality for Black and minority ethnic (BME) staff and students. Drawing on quantitative data, we locate the REC within a complex picture of undergraduate student diversity and significant attainment gaps between white students and other groups. Utilising qualitative interviews and observations to further explore the questions our quantitative analysis raises, we show that the REC is not perceived as a significant vehicle for progressing race equality work in award-holding institutions. Rather, it is mostly applied as an enhancement tool to help shape and sustain existing race equality initiatives that produce incremental change. This, we argue, suggests the REC’s intention to inspire race equality approaches that favour institutional strategic planning at the highest level, is yet to be realised.</div></div> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_detailsportal rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_detailsportal rendering_contributiontojournal_detailsportal"><div class="article"><table class="properties"><tbody><tr class="language"><th scope="row">Original language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Journal</th><td><a rel="Journal" href="#" class="link"><span>Race, Ethnicity and Education</span></a></td></tr><tr class="status"><th scope="row">Publication status</th><td><span class="prefix">Accepted/In press - </span><span class="date">26 Feb 2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="rendering rendering_keywordable rendering_expertkeywordgrouspbytypeportal rendering_keywordable_expertkeywordgrouspbytypeportal"><div class="keyword-group"><h2 class="subheader">Keywords</h2><ul class="relations keywords"><li class="userdefined-keyword"><span>Race equality policy</span></li><li class="userdefined-keyword"><span>higher education</span></li><li class="userdefined-keyword"><span>student attainment</span></li><li class="userdefined-keyword"><span>Race Equality Charter</span></li></ul></div><div class="keyword-group"><h2 class="subheader">Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms</h2><ul class="relations keywords"><li><span>Global inequalities</span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div class="content-sidebar publication-sidebar"> <div class="sdg-content-wrap publication"> <h2 class="subheader">UN SDGs</h2> <p class="sdg-text">This output contributes to the following UN <a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/" target="_blank">Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)</a></p> <ul class="sdgs-content"> <li> <img alt="SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities" title="SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities" class="reduced_inequalities" src="/assets/sdg_icons/reduced_inequalities-8bb4302575a086560a67ee5f8961db72.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" title="SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" class="peace_justice_and_strong_institutions" src="/assets/sdg_icons/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions-05bb2c5c2784243923979f91286779c0.svg"/> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_versioneddocumentspureportal rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_versioneddocumentspureportal rendering_contributiontojournal_versioneddocumentspureportal"><ul class="relations documents"><h3 class="subheader">Embargoed Document</h3><li class="embargoed"><p class="document-title">Revised_FINAL_Author information. 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Drawing on quantitative data, we locate the REC within a complex picture of undergraduate student diversity and significant attainment gaps between white students and other groups. Utilising qualitative interviews and observations to further explore the questions our quantitative analysis raises, we show that the REC is not perceived as a significant vehicle for progressing race equality work in award-holding institutions. Rather, it is mostly applied as an enhancement tool to help shape and sustain existing race equality initiatives that produce incremental change. This, we argue, suggests the REC{\textquoteright}s intention to inspire race equality approaches that favour institutional strategic planning at the highest level, is yet to be realised.",</div><div> keywords = "Race equality policy, higher education, student attainment, Race Equality Charter",</div><div> author = "Kenneth Clark and Karis Campion",</div><div> year = "2021",</div><div> month = feb,</div><div> day = "26",</div><div> language = "English",</div><div> journal = "Race, Ethnicity and Education",</div><div> issn = "1361-3324",</div><div> publisher = "Routledge",</div><p>}</p></div> </div> <div id="cite-harvard" class="tab " role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-3" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_harvard rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_harvard rendering_contributiontojournal_harvard"><a rel="Person" href="https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/ken.clark" class="link"><span>Clark, K</span></a> & Campion, K 2021, '<a rel="ContributionToJournal" href="https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/revitalising-race-equality-policy-assessing-the-impact-of-the-rac" class="link harvard_title"><span>Revitalising race equality policy? Assessing the impact of the Race Equality Charter Mark for British universities</span></a>', <a rel="Journal" href="#" class="link"><span><em>Race, Ethnicity and Education</em></span></a>.</div> </div> <div id="cite-standard" class="tab " role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-4" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_standard rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_standard rendering_contributiontojournal_standard"><a rel="ContributionToJournal" href="https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/revitalising-race-equality-policy-assessing-the-impact-of-the-rac" class="link"><span><strong>Revitalising race equality policy? Assessing the impact of the Race Equality Charter Mark for British universities.</strong></span></a> / <a rel="Person" href="https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/ken.clark" class="link"><span>Clark, Kenneth</span></a>; Campion, Karis. <br />In: <a rel="Journal" href="#" class="link"><span>Race, Ethnicity and Education</span></a>, 26.02.2021.<p class="type"><span class="type_family">Research output<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification_parent">Contribution to journal<span class="type_parent_sep"> › </span></span><span class="type_classification">Article</span><span class="type_classification"><span class="type_parent_sep"> › </span>peer-review</span></p></div> </div> <div id="cite-RIS" class="tab " role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-5" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_ris rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_ris rendering_contributiontojournal_ris"><p>TY - JOUR</p><p>T1 - Revitalising race equality policy? Assessing the impact of the Race Equality Charter Mark for British universities</p><p>AU - Clark, Kenneth</p><p>AU - Campion, Karis</p><p>PY - 2021/2/26</p><p>Y1 - 2021/2/26</p><p>N2 - The Race Equality Charter (REC) was introduced in 2014 as a national policy initiative that aims to support UK universities in developing cultural and systemic changes to promote race equality for Black and minority ethnic (BME) staff and students. Drawing on quantitative data, we locate the REC within a complex picture of undergraduate student diversity and significant attainment gaps between white students and other groups. Utilising qualitative interviews and observations to further explore the questions our quantitative analysis raises, we show that the REC is not perceived as a significant vehicle for progressing race equality work in award-holding institutions. Rather, it is mostly applied as an enhancement tool to help shape and sustain existing race equality initiatives that produce incremental change. This, we argue, suggests the REC’s intention to inspire race equality approaches that favour institutional strategic planning at the highest level, is yet to be realised.</p><p>AB - The Race Equality Charter (REC) was introduced in 2014 as a national policy initiative that aims to support UK universities in developing cultural and systemic changes to promote race equality for Black and minority ethnic (BME) staff and students. Drawing on quantitative data, we locate the REC within a complex picture of undergraduate student diversity and significant attainment gaps between white students and other groups. Utilising qualitative interviews and observations to further explore the questions our quantitative analysis raises, we show that the REC is not perceived as a significant vehicle for progressing race equality work in award-holding institutions. Rather, it is mostly applied as an enhancement tool to help shape and sustain existing race equality initiatives that produce incremental change. This, we argue, suggests the REC’s intention to inspire race equality approaches that favour institutional strategic planning at the highest level, is yet to be realised.</p><p>KW - Race equality policy</p><p>KW - higher education</p><p>KW - student attainment</p><p>KW - Race Equality Charter</p><p>M3 - Article</p><p>SN - 1361-3324</p><p>JO - Race, Ethnicity and Education</p><p>JF - Race, Ethnicity and Education</p><p>ER - </p></div> </div> <div id="cite-vancouver" class="tab " role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-6" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_vancouver rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_vancouver rendering_contributiontojournal_vancouver"><a rel="Person" href="https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/ken.clark" class="link"><span>Clark K</span></a>, Campion K. <span class="title"><a rel="ContributionToJournal" href="https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/revitalising-race-equality-policy-assessing-the-impact-of-the-rac" class="link"><span>Revitalising race equality policy? 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