Awarding Gap

 

What is the Awarding Gap? 

The Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Awarding Gap is the percentage difference between BAME and White students who achieve a 1st Class Classification and 2:1 Classification for their Undergraduate studies.  

 

Read on to find out more about the Awarding Gap at Greenwich and what we are doing. 

 

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The Awarding Gap at Greenwich 

 

At the University of Greenwich, we measure the BAME awarding gap by calculating the difference in the rates at which we award 1st and 2:1 degree to different groups of (UK-domiciled, full-time, undergraduate) students. This is the same method used by the Office for Students in monitoring awarding gaps as part of a university's Access and Participation Plan. 

In the Academic Year 2021-22, the University of Greenwich’s BAME awarding gap was 13.1%. The sector wide figure was 11%. 

 

What are we doing? 

 

At Greenwich Students’ Union and University of Greenwich, we are passionate about providing equal opportunities for all students to progress, succeed and show their skills regardless of background.  At the University of Greenwich, it is our mission to deliver Education Without Boundaries. This means fighting for equality, diversity, and inclusivity in everything we do. It also means supporting our students to achieve their ambitions because of, rather than despite, their backgrounds. 

To this end, we have committed to closing the BAME awarding gap by 2030. Our Inclusivity Researchers are an integral part of our mission. 

 

Inclusivity Researchers 

 

The Inclusivity Researchers are student-staff who run focus groups across all programmes to gather information and data on BAME students' academic experience. They are also working with our award-winning Retention Calling Project to speak to BAME Students on modules with the highest awarding gaps.  

The Inclusivity Researchers aim to understand the barriers students face in their education, their thoughts, feelings and emotions about their taught content and any recommendations for the programme.   

They are doing this through raising awareness of the awarding gap through talks, focus groups, events, talks with academic staff and being accessible for students to share their academic experiences. 
 

We would like to give a special thanks to our Inclusivity Researchers:

Monz Hoque
Carl Williams
Kavitha Elumalai Kalpana
Meera Berney
Maria Isrolia
Mishal Asif
Sujan Gurung

 

 

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