Laying the Groundwork to Investigate Diversity of Life Sciences Reading Lists in Higher Education and Its Link to Awarding Gaps

This study presents a case for decolonising the life sciences curriculum to improve representation of the Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) scholars—a step in eliminating the race “awarding gap”. Here, we investigated diversity among authors in terms of ethnicity and gender of reading lists at the School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex. We show that the reading lists are not diverse and do not represent the demography of the student body. For instance, a disproportionately high number of authors in the reading lists are white 83.40 ± 5.70% (n = 977 authors), male 75.90 ± 5.40% (n = 878 authors), and of European descent. Additionally, our analysis of the geographical locations of publications reveals that a significantly high number of our materials stem from the USA or the UK, whereas the second highest global output of scientific literature (after the USA) comes from China, which is only featured in 1.02% of the reading list. Moreover, we constructively provide potential solutions to decolonise the curriculum of the University of Sussex’s School of Life Sciences by diversifying their reading lists. This study should help to establish a foundation, along with other work that is being conducted, to address the BAME awarding gap and to better showcase the work of women and ethnically underrepresented scientists in history and in modern day.

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Representations of Greek Tragedy in Ancient Pottery: a Theatrical Perspective

New Theatre Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0266464x08000298 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 229-245

Author(s):

Christian M. Billing

Keyword(s):

Fourth Century ◽

Fifth Century ◽

Literary Texts ◽

Extensive Experience ◽

Ancient Pottery ◽

South Italy ◽

The Usa ◽

The Uk ◽

The University ◽

The Relationship

In this article, Christian M. Billing considers the relationship between representations of mythic narratives found on ancient pottery (primarily found at sites relating to the Greek colonies of south Italy in the fourth century BC, but also to certain vases found in Attica) and the tragic theatre of the fifth century BC. The author argues against the current resurgence in critical accounts that seek to connect such ceramics directly to performance of tragedies by the major tragedians: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Using five significant examples of what he considers to be errors of method in recent philologically inspired accounts of ancient pottery, Billing argues for a more nuanced approach to the interpretation of such artefacts – one that moves beyond an understanding of literary texts and art history towards a more performance-conscious approach, while also acknowledging that a multiplicity of spheres of artistic influence, drawn from a variety of artistic media, operated in the production and reception of such artefacts. Christian M. Billing is an academic and theatre practitioner working in the fields of ancient Athenian and early modern English and European drama. He has extensive experience as a director, designer, and actor, and has taught at a number of universities in the UK and the USA. He is currently Lecturer in Drama at the University of Hull.

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Bullying in university between peers and by personnel: cultural variation in prevalence, forms, and gender differences in four countries

Social Psychology of Education ◽

10.1007/s11218-019-09523-4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 143-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Maili Pörhölä ◽

Kristen Cvancara ◽

Esta Kaal ◽

Kristina Kunttu ◽

Kaja Tampere ◽

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Keyword(s):

The United States ◽

Bullying Victimization ◽

Cultural Variation ◽

Staff Members ◽

University Personnel ◽

The Usa ◽

And Gender ◽

Bullying Experiences ◽

The University ◽

Practical Implications

Abstract This study reports results from cross-cultural comparisons of (a) the frequency of university students’ experiences of bullying victimization and perpetration between students, (b) students’ experiences of bullying victimization by university personnel, and (c) the breakdown of victimization by the forms of bullying students have experienced. Gender breakdowns are offered. Survey data were collected from undergraduates in a total of 47 universities, using large sample sizes, similar measures and assessment methods in four countries: Argentina (N = 969), Estonia (N = 1053), Finland (N = 4403), and the United States (N = 2072). The results confirmed previous findings which suggest that a notable number of students experience bullying during university studies by fellow students and/or staff members, and a smaller number of students admit to bully their fellow students. The results add to previous knowledge by demonstrating remarkable cultural differences in the prevalence and forms of bullying and suggesting that bullying at the university level starts to transform similar to bullying in the workplace. The overall rates of bullying victimization and perpetration between students were the highest in Argentina, followed by the USA, Finland, and finally Estonia. However, victimization by university personnel was reported the most in Estonia, followed by Argentina, the USA, and Finland. Gender breakdowns in bullying experiences varied between countries. Verbal forms of bullying were common experiences. The most often reported form in all countries was unjustified criticism, belittling or humiliation related to academic performance. Students in the USA reported the highest frequencies in most forms of victimization. The results are discussed by reflecting on higher education features and comparing cultural characteristics of the countries. Practical implications are provided.

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Andrew Richard Lang. 9 September 1924—30 June 2008

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ◽

10.1098/rsbm.2019.0003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 67 ◽

pp. 237-254

Author(s):

André Authier

Keyword(s):

Second World War ◽

Magnetic Domains ◽

X Ray ◽

X Ray Crystallography ◽

University Of Cambridge ◽

The Usa ◽

The Uk ◽

The University ◽

Port Sunlight ◽

Second World

Andrew Lang will be remembered internationally for having developed the technique of X-ray topography which enables individual defects, such as dislocations, stacking faults, small angle boundaries and magnetic domains, to be imaged in many different types of materials. His interests spanned the whole range of dislocation studies and he made many important contributions to advanced instrumentation for X-ray crystallography, including pioneering experiments with a synchrotron radiation source. His career began during the last year of the Second World War when he was appointed to a research position at the Unilever Research Laboratories at Port Sunlight, Cheshire. He held research positions at the University of Cambridge, where he completed his PhD, and after a period at the Philips Laboratory in Irvington-on-Hudson in the USA, he obtained a tenured post at Harvard University. He returned to the UK in 1959 as a lecturer at Bristol University, where he was to remain for the rest of his life, being successively promoted to reader and then professor.

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Ethnicity and Gender: An Examination of Its Impact on Instructor Credibility in the University Classroom

Howard Journal of Communications ◽

10.1080/106461799246852 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 123-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Tracey Owens Patton

Keyword(s):

And Gender ◽

The University ◽

Ethnicity And Gender ◽

Instructor Credibility

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A double whammy effect of ethnicity and gender on consumer responses to management level service failures

Journal of Service Management ◽

10.1108/josm-03-2014-0092 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 339-359 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Laurie Wu ◽

Rachel Han ◽

Anna S Mattila

Keyword(s):

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Service Management ◽

Occupational Status ◽

Role Congruity Theory ◽

Content Type ◽

Management Level ◽

Service Failures ◽

The Usa ◽

And Gender ◽

Ethnicity And Gender

Purpose – Existing research on demographic stereotypes of employees suggests that ethnicity and gender are important determinants of consumer perceptions and behaviors. Based on the Stereotype Content Model and the Role Congruity Theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of ethnicity and gender stereotypes on management-level service failures in a US context. Design/methodology/approach – Adopting a 2 (ethnicity: Caucasian vs Hispanic) × 2 (gender: male vs female) between-subjects design, two studies were conducted with US consumers to test whether a double whammy effect of ethnicity and gender exists for management-level, but not line-level, service failures. Findings – The results of this study suggest that Hispanic female managers suffer from a double whammy effect due to ethnic and gender-based stereotyping in the USA. Furthermore, the findings indicate that the serial mediation via competence perceptions and blame attributions are the underlying psychological mechanism of this effect. As predicted, occupational status functions as a boundary factor to the double whammy effect. Originality/value – The findings of this paper contribute to the service management literature by examining the role of demographic characteristics in influencing US consumers’ responses to management-level service failures.

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'Academic literacies approaches to genre'?

Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada ◽

10.1590/s1984-63982010000200004 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 347-361 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Brian Street

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Future Research ◽

Student Writing ◽

Academic Literacies ◽

Literacy Studies ◽

New Literacy ◽

New Literacy Studies ◽

The Usa ◽

The Uk ◽

The University

I provide an overview of approaches to writing referred to as 'academic literacies' building on broader traditions, such as New Literacy Studies, and I draw out the relevance of such traditions for the ways in which lecturers provide support to their students with regard to the writing requirements of the University. I offer three case studies of the application of academic literacies approaches to programmes concerned with supporting student writing, in the UK and the USA. I briefly conclude by asking how far these accounts and this work can be seen to bring together many of the themes raised at SIGET conferences - including academic literacies and its relation to genre theories - and express the hope that it opens up trajectories for future research and collaboration of the kind they were founded to develop.

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COVID-19 and mental health deterioration by ethnicity and gender in the UK

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0244419 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. e0244419

Author(s):

Eugenio Proto ◽

Climent Quintana-Domeque

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Gender Gap ◽

Mental Distress ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Average Increase ◽

And Gender ◽

The Uk ◽

Ethnicity And Gender ◽

Health Deterioration ◽

Gender Specific

We use the UK Household Longitudinal Study and compare pre-COVID-19 pandemic (2017-2019) and during-COVID-19 pandemic data (April 2020) for the same group of individuals to assess and quantify changes in mental health as measured by changes in the GHQ-12 (General Health Questionnaire), among ethnic groups in the UK. We confirm the previously documented average deterioration in mental health for the whole sample of individuals interviewed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, we find that the average increase in mental distress varies by ethnicity and gender. Both women –regardless of their ethnicity– and Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) men experienced a higher average increase in mental distress than White British men, so that the gender gap in mental health increases only among White British individuals. These ethnic-gender specific changes in mental health persist after controlling for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Finally, we find some evidence that, among men, Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani individuals have experienced the highest average increase in mental distress with respect to White British men.

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Policing Belonging

10.1093/oso/9780198814887.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Alpa Parmar

Keyword(s):

Migration Policy ◽

Economic Resources ◽

Police Custody ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Minority Ethnic Groups ◽

The Everyday ◽

And Gender ◽

The Uk ◽

The Impact ◽

Minority Ethnic

This chapter considers the impact of the police’s increased involvement in migration control. How (and with what consequences) do criminalization, migration, race, and gender intersect when the police are asked to respond to migration and fears about migrants? Drawing on empirical research on police custody suites, the piece discusses how the policing of migration questions the presence of minority ethnic groups in the UK, the wider implications for those who cannot belong, and how procedures are racialized. It also highlights the widening reach of the police, whose work is increasingly carried out in conjunction with other actors including those who have been enlisted to surveil, report, and help enforce migration policy. The chapter brings to light the everyday forms of racism renewed through the policing of migrants while exploring how those who are deemed risky, not belonging, criminal, or a threat to social and economic resources are racialized.

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Comorbid non-alcohol substance misuse among people with schizophrenia

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.179.6.509 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 179 (6) ◽

pp. 509-513 ◽

Cited By ~ 77

Author(s):

Peter J. Duke ◽

Christos Pantelis ◽

Michael A. McPhillips ◽

Thomas R. E. Barnes

Keyword(s):

Substance Misuse ◽

Alcohol Misuse ◽

Demographic Data ◽

Epidemiological Studies ◽

Lifetime History ◽

The Usa ◽

History Of ◽

And Gender ◽

The Uk ◽

Drug And Alcohol

BackgroundFew epidemiological studies have assessed the extent and nature of comorbid non-alcohol substance misuse in people with schizophrenia in the community in the UK.AimsTo study the extent and nature of comorbid non-alcohol substance misuse in people with schizophrenia in central London.MethodSubjects were identified in an epidemiological census survey of South Westminster. Standardised assessment of each subject included demographic data, ratings of mental state and movement disorder and questioning about drug and alcohol misuse.ResultsIndividuals with schizophrenia or related psychoses were identified (n=352) and 57 (16%) reported a lifetime history of non-alcohol substance misuse. Age and gender were the main variables relevant to the extent and pattern of misuse. Self-reported non-alcohol substance misuse showed no significant relationship with a range of outcome measures.ConclusionsThe high proportion of subjects reporting non-alcohol substance misuse is comparable with figures from the USA. The reports of lifetime misuse most commonly referred to cannabis, psychostimulants, LSD, opiates and anticholinergics. Misuse was concentrated in those younger than 36 years and was reported more often by males.

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