Prioritising race equality: Senior leaders must do more to encourage BME talent to stay in UK higher education.

According to a recent study, black and minority ethnic academics were significantly more likely to consider a move to an overseas university compared to their white counterparts. Survey respondents acknowledged that countries such as the US valued the study of race and ethnicity and that the importance of race equality and the value of having a diverse group of academic staff was given a higher priority than in the UK. Kalwant Bhopal shares the findings and reflects on the ways that the UK sector can tackle the problem.