Racism in British society and Higher Education with Dr Nicole Rollock (Oxford PPE Society, released 29 Sept 2020)

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Racism in British society and Higher Education with Dr Nicole Rollock (Oxford PPE Society, released 29 Sept 2020)

Empowered Belonging

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Racism in British society and Higher Education with Dr Nicole Rollock (Oxford PPE Society, released 29 Sept 2020)

"For the listeners out there, this is a call to action.

If you are going to a university and there are things that you see around you that are not happening in the way that you think they should be happening, ask those questions.

Ask those questions. Because if we don't ask those questions, the status quo will remain, and that's for sure."

The murder of George Floyd on May 25th 2020 prompted a global reckoning as individuals and organisations looked inwards and outwards to understand their impact in sustaining racism in their societies. The Oxford PPE Society has a role to play in exposing racism in all its forms, to all it can reach.

We are proud to be working alongside Onyx Magazine, a creative publication that features poetry, short stories, artwork, and fresh think pieces. Kaeshelle Rianne, History and Politics Editor at Onyx, is our guest host, and she is in discussion with Dr Nicola Rollock, an academic, consultant, and public speaker who specialises in racial justice in education and the workplace. In the episode, we begin by discussing the impact of racism in higher education, and go on to discuss how she is boosting the representation of black women in the sector and how accessible it is to them. We also discuss the summer's outpouring of support for the Black Lives Matter movement, and its impact on society more broadly, as well as the black people who are inside the issue themselves.

Dr Rollock is Specialist Adviser to the Home Affairs Select Committee's 'Macpherson 21 Years On' inquiry is the lead author of 'The Colour of Class: the educational strategies of the Black middle classes', which won second prize in the 2016 Society for Educational Studies’ Annual Book Awards. Her first sole authored book The Racial Code will be published by Allen Lane in 2021. In 2019, Dr Rollock was selected by Times Higher Education journalists as one of 11 scholars globally to have influenced the debate in higher education.

She is currently curator of 'Phenomenal Women: portraits of UK Black female professors' which will go on show on the Southbank Centre's Queen's Walk from October 10th.