The Black PhD experience: stories of strength, courage and wisdom in UK academia
Ackah, William and Dankwa, J. and Mitchell, W. and Murray, D.-S. and Wane, M., eds. (2024) The Black PhD experience: stories of strength, courage and wisdom in UK academia. Bristol, UK: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447369981. (In Press)
Abstract
This ground-breaking work tells the stories of Black postgraduate students from application to graduation, outlining the joys, struggles and heartbreaks they have experienced on the road to gaining the highest terminal degree, a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). From the sciences, arts, humanities and through to social sciences, this book details how the experiences of Black students in the academy are inextricably tied to the experiences of Black communities in Britain as a whole. Black PhD students consistently face institutional racism, hostility, and structural barriers in their struggle to be heard and recognised. Through it all, these students strive and achieve amazing outcomes against the odds. This work is a celebration of their educational genius and tenacity. It is also however a damning indictment of the current state of UK higher education and doctoral studies. Radical change, rooted in anti-racist and decolonial practice is desperately needed. This work is a call to action
Metadata
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | higher education, doctoral studies, Black PhD students, decolonise, institutionalised racism, anti-racist |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | William Ackah |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2024 15:25 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2024 15:25 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/53830 |
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