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Silent or Silenced? Minority Ethnic Students and the Battle against Racism
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Wong, Billy; Copsey-Blake, Meggie; ElMorally, Reham – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2022
Racism is harmful for minority ethnic students from compulsory to tertiary education. Whilst there appears to be renewed public interest in structural racism, the realities of lived racism are, for many, a part of everyday life. This paper explores the experiences of minority ethnic students in UK higher education, especially their approaches to…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Racism, Foreign Countries, College Students
Pragmatic, Persistent, and Precarious: The Pathways of Three Minority Ethnic Women in STEM Higher Education
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Wong, Billy; Copsey-Blake, Meggie – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
Minority ethnic women are underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) higher education. Whilst existing studies, mostly in the US context, have provided valuable insights into racial and gender inequalities, there appears to be limited research in the UK. Through the lens of science identity, this article draws on…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Females, STEM Education, Ethnic Groups
'Fair and Square': What Do Students Think about the Ethnicity Degree Awarding Gap?
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Wong, Billy; ElMorally, Reham; Copsey-Blake, Meggie – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
In UK higher education, minority ethnic students are less likely to graduate with a good degree than their White British counterparts, even when prior attainment is considered. Until recently, concerns about this ethnicity degree awarding gap have not received the research attention it deserves. In this paper, we contribute to this gap in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Ethnicity, Racial Differences, Achievement Gap
Careers "From" but Not "In" Science: Why Are Aspirations to Be a Scientist Challenging for Minority Ethnic Students?
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Wong, Billy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
The importance of science to the economy and for the progression of society is widely acknowledged. Yet, there are concerns that minority ethnic students in the UK are underrepresented, and even excluded, from post-compulsory science education and careers "in" science. Drawing on an exploratory study of 46 semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Blacks, Indians, Asians
High Aspirations but Low Progression: The Science Aspirations-Careers Paradox amongst Minority Ethnic Students
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DeWitt, Jennifer; Archer, Louise; Osborne, Jonathan; Dillon, Justin; Willis, Beatrice; Wong, Billy – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
Students' interest in studying science and their aspirations to pursue science-related careers is a topic of global concern. In this paper, a set of data gathered for the initial phase of the 5-year study of Science Aspirations and Careers: Age 10-14 (the ASPIRES project) is presented. In the initial phase of this project, a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Careers, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), White Students
Identifying with Science: A Case Study of Two 13-Year-Old "High Achieving Working Class" British Asian Girls
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Wong, Billy – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
This paper provides an in-depth, "case study" style analysis of the experiences of two 13-year-old British Asian girls from a larger qualitative study investigating minority ethnic students' aspirations in science. Through the lens of identity as performativity and Bourdieu's notions of "habitus" and capital, the ways in which…
Descriptors: Working Class, Student Attitudes, Females, Teacher Attitudes