The Lived Experiences of BAME students on White Majority Campuses in the UK – Can You See Me?,

Peart, S. and abdulrahman, H. (2025) The Lived Experiences of BAME students on White Majority Campuses in the UK – Can You See Me?,. In: An Introduction to Social Justice Education in the UK: Key Challenges and Opportunities. Bloomsbury, London, pp. 135-148. ISBN 9781350438095

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Abstract

The population of the UK has been diverse for many years. As the populations of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups have increased so have the legal protections and other securities afforded to these groups. However, students from diverse backgrounds remain under-represented in HE and UK higher education and academia remains overwhelmingly White (Bhopal and Pitkin, 2019; Tate and Page, 2018). This White-centric perspective informs and determines the structures, policies and organisation of HE, that can produce outcomes including, for example, the ‘whitewashing’ and exclusion of minority students in predominantly White spaces or some groups being disadvantaged by the education system. Both Peart (2013) and Gilborn (2008) have argued that some inequalities are so structurally ingrained that failure and marginalisation of certain groups is almost inevitable - Black students appear to be one such group. While all universities openly state their support for diversity on campus, contrary to such claims some students from BAME backgrounds do not always feel included in university life and, significantly, believe they experience a range of adverse outcomes in comparison to their White peers. This article provides an exploration into the lived experiences of BAME students in a majority White university campus in the United Kingdom

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	This is an author accepted manuscript of a book chapter published on 13th November 2025 by Bloomsbury in An Introduction to Social Justice Education in the UK; Key Challenges and Opportunities. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Depositing User:	Sheine Peart
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2026 14:00
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2026 14:00
URI:	https://lbro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1297

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