Universities: BAME Women in Leadership Positions

Lord West of Spithead Excerpts

Thursday 7th March 2019 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

The noble Lord is right. It is not so much for HEFCE now, but there should be collaboration between the Office for Students, Universities UK, UCU and other bodies, working together to make progress in this area.

[Lord West of Spithead (Lab)]

My Lords, I declare an interest as a former chancellor of a non-Russell group university. Further to my noble friend’s point, is there a difference between the people employed within the non-Russell group and those in the Russell group? Is there actually a difference or is this a problem across all universities?

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

I think it is a problem across all universities. There are figures that I could spend ages going into, but it is a problem across all universities and more work needs to be done, as I have said.