Race on the Agenda (ROTA), one of the UK’s leading race equality think tanks, are working on a study to explore discrimination and identity among South Asian students enrolled in universities in the UK. We want to not only investigate instances of racial and ethnic discrimination against the diaspora but also of caste discrimination within…
We are delighted to announce the launch of the first ROTA Community Research Partnership (RCRP), a groundbreaking initiative enabled through funding from Propel, aimed at advancing race equity through community based peer research.
In light of the recommendations made by the Oversight Group to the Church of England Commissioners concerning the Church’s response to historic links to slavery, we issue this joint response as leading anti-racism organisations.
The deeply Islamophobic comments from former Conservative ministers Lee Anderson and Suella Braverman over the past week are only the latest in a campaign of racist, hateful rhetoric from some British politicians. From Boris Johnson’s highly offensive comparison of Muslim women to ‘letterboxes’, to Suella Braverman’s likening of refugees in small boats to an ‘invasion’,…
ROTA is working with Agenda Alliance to raise awareness of suspensions and exclusions that disproportionately affect girls from Black Caribbean, Gypsy, Roma and Irish Traveller communities.
Housing inequality is a major issue in the UK, with Black and Global Majority communities disproportionately affected.
Race on the Agenda hereby gives notice to its members that our Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the financial year 2021/22 is scheduled to take place on Thursday 25th May 2023 at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA. Before the AGM, there will be a special conference: "Thwarted ambitions" Why do some students choose to withdraw from University?.
Why do some students from Global Majority and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities choose to withdraw from university? Although preliminary findings from ROTA's Pilot Study cannot be said to be representative of the Higher Education sector as a whole, some concerning issues have emerged. Among many reasons why students choose to leave or consider leaving…
A new report, authored by Heriot-Watt University, found that in England the highest levels of homelessness risks are experienced by people from Black and minoritised ethnic backgrounds. Black people are three and a half times as likely to experience statutory homelessness[1] as White British people. The report, conducted in partnership with Race on the Agenda…
Race on the Agenda (ROTA) surveyed students at all London Higher Education institutions and interviewed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Leads from ten London Universities to explore why a disproportionate number of UK-domiciled students from Global Majority (GM) and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities choose to withdraw from university. Detailed findings will be published in…