ERIC Number: EJ1466304
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-1361-3324
EISSN: EISSN-1470-109X
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The Routes to Intellectual Authority in a Prior Colonial Empire: Continued Racialised, Geopolitical Inequalities in the Academic Staff Composition and Employment Conditions of UK Universities
Dina Zoe Belluigi1,2; Jason Arday3; Joanne O'Keeffe1
Race, Ethnicity and Education, v28 n2 p303-329 2025
Two problematics are exposed and explored within this paper which currently undermine the United Kingdom's international commitments to address racial inequality and injustice: (1) the routes to national, regional, and international intellectual authority via the academic profession, particularly the assigned leadership position of full professor or 'chair'; and (2) the effects of dysconscious data literacy, which is out of step with international mechanisms and agendas to combat racism and xenophobia. This is undertaken through a critical quantitative analysis of administrative data about the socio-demographic composition and employment conditions of academic staff in the devolved nations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Iniquitous employment conditions revealed how the social determinants of 'race', 'sex', 'nationality', and 'religious belief impact academics' access to employment and participation once employed; particularly in the discipline of Education. Shortcomings in categorisation and reporting of official data serve to obfuscate transparency and accountability about inequality.
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Racial Composition, Institutional Characteristics, Disproportionate Representation, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Racism, Stranger Reactions, Data Use, Justice, Power Structure, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Attitudes, Geography, Politics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Northern Ireland); United Kingdom (Scotland); United Kingdom (Wales)
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Author Affiliations: 1Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, NorthernIreland; 2Chair for the Critical Studies of Higher Education Transformation, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa; 3Faculty of Education, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England