Diversity and inclusion in UK Higher Education: staff perspectives on institutional representations and their reality

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Research in Post-Compulsory Education Pub Date : 2023-10-02 DOI:10.1080/13596748.2023.2253654

Kendall Richards, Nick Pilcher, Laurent Galbrun, Alan Forster, James Richards

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This paper examines staff perspectives on institutional representations of a range of areas of diversity and inclusion in a key post-compulsory education sector: that of UK Higher Education (HE). The paper focuses on comparing representational statements made by institutions with the reality of their lived experiences as perceived by staff. The paper first reviews literature around key issues of promoting and progressing in these areas, and how these areas are represented by institutions and the sector as a whole. It presents and discusses data from a survey (n = 300) to show strong agreement with representational statements as mirroring those of institutions, yet statistically significant differences between representations and the reality of lived experiences, particularly in relation to the lived experiences of staff. These data are discussed in the light of progress made by institutions, and the challenges faced in translating representations into real lived experience. Suggestions for institutions and policy makers are made to help better align reality with these representations in the UK Higher Education sector and, theoretically, for post-compulsory education sectors elsewhere.

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英国高等教育的多样性和包容性:员工对机构代表及其现实的看法

本文探讨了在一个关键的义务教育后部门——英国高等教育(HE)——中，工作人员对一系列多样性和包容性领域的机构代表的看法。本文着重于比较机构的代表性陈述与工作人员所感知的生活经验的现实。本文首先回顾了有关促进和推进这些领域的关键问题的文献，以及这些领域如何由机构和整个部门代表。它提出并讨论了来自一项调查(n = 300)的数据，以显示对代表性陈述的强烈认同，这些陈述反映了机构的陈述，但在统计上，代表性陈述与生活经验的现实之间存在显著差异，特别是与工作人员的生活经验有关。这些数据将根据机构所取得的进展以及将陈述转化为真实生活经验所面临的挑战进行讨论。为机构和政策制定者提出建议，以帮助更好地将现实与英国高等教育部门的这些代表联系起来，从理论上讲，也适用于其他地方的义务后教育部门。

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Research in Post-Compulsory Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： Throughout the world, there is a growing awareness of the significance of vocational and post-compulsory education and training systems. The majority of countries are working hard to develop their provision, recognising the importance of post-compulsory education in providing educated and skilled people in sufficient numbers at appropriate levels to assist economic and social development. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, sponsored by the United Kingdom"s Further Education Research Association (FERA), recognises the need for more international research and analysis and the generation of relevant theory in order to identify policy needs and trends as well as priorities in this growing area.