Do UK Universities Care about Hedgehogs More Than People of Colour?

Leon Moosavi
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Leon Moosavi: Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZR, UK

Societies, 2021, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-6

Abstract: This article asks whether UK universities care about hedgehogs more than they care about people of colour. This absurd question is based on an analysis which shows that UK universities have had much greater engagement with the Hedgehog Friendly Campus initiative than the Race Equality Charter. A comparison with UK universities’ Athena Swan accreditation also highlights that UK universities appear to have taken much more action in tackling gender inequality than racial inequality. This article is purposefully concise to emphasise the need for more action and less discussion in achieving racial equality in UK universities.

Keywords: people of colour; higher education; Race Equality Charter; Athena Swan; hedgehogs; absurdity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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