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Number of Black UK professors rises by 25% in one year

Initiatives such as grass-roots campaigns are likely to have contributed to the uptick, but barriers to progress remain.
  1. Elizabeth Gibney
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The number of Black professors in the United Kingdom has risen by 25% in one year, according to the latest figures from the country’s Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). There were 40 new Black professors in the 2022–23 academic year, bringing the total to 210 (HESA data are rounded to the nearest 5).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00249-8

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  • Clarification 02 February 2024: Wellcome’s ‘positive action’ approach has been clarified.

  • Correction 05 February 2024: The original version of this story wrongly described Nicola Rollock as a sociologist. The description of her academic focus has been updated.

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  1. AlShebli, K., Rahwan, T. & Woon, W. L. Nature Commun. 9, 5163 (2018).

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