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Reports and academic articles

Austen, Liz, Caroline Heaton, Stella Jones-Devitt, and Nathaniel Pickering. 2017. ‘Why Is the BME Attainment Gap Such a Wicked Problem?’ The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change 3 (1): 147–58. https://doi.org/10.21100/jeipc.v3i1.587.

Berry, Jane, and Gary Loke. 2011. ‘Improving the Degree Attainment of Black and Minority Ethnic Students’. York: Higher Education Academy. https://www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/improving-attainment-of-bme-students/.

‘Black Attainment Gap Resources @ NUS Connect’. n.d. Accessed 23 April 2019. https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/campaigns/liberatemydegree/black-attainment-gap-resources.

‘BME Attainment: Why Universities Must Do More than “Mind the Gap”’. n.d. Accessed 23 April 2019. https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/blog/Pages/bme-attainment-universities-mind-gap.aspx.

Bristol SU. 2017. ‘BME Attainment Gap Report’. Bristol: University of Bristol Students’ Union. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/sraa/Website%20bme-attainment-gap-report.pdf.

Blogposts and news articles

McDuff, Nona. n.d. ‘It’s Time for Real Action on the BME Attainment Gap | Wonkhe | Comment’. Wonkhe (blog). Accessed 23 April 2019. https://wonkhe.com/blogs/analysis-time-for-real-action-on-bme-attainment/.

Stevenson, Jacqueline. 2012. ‘Black and Minority Ethnic Student Degree Retention and Attainment’. York: Higher Education Academy. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/bme_summit_final_report.pdf.

‘Tackling Gaps in BME Students’ Achievements at University’. n.d. Accessed 23 April 2019. https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/news/Pages/tackling-gaps-in-bme-students-achievements.aspx.

‘The Ethnicity Attainment Gap: A Literature Review’. 2016. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.661523!/file/BME_Attainment_Gap_Literature_Review_EXTERNAL_-_Miriam_Miller.pdf

‘Universities’ Shame – Unpicking the Black Attainment Gap | Wonkhe | Analysis’. n.d. Wonkhe (blog). Accessed 23 April 2019. https://wonkhe.com/blogs/analysis-universities-shame-black-attainment-gap/.

‘Universities to Tackle “Pressing Problem” of BAME Students Being Less Likely to Qualify with Top Degrees | The Independent’. n.d. Accessed 23 April 2019. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/universities-bame-students-attainment-gap-a-level-grades-degrees-uk-nus-a8384771.html.

Eddo-Lodge, Reni (2017), Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/30/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race

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