UK: Non-white students get less places in PhD programs

Black applicants had lowest proportion in 33 universities, BBC program finds

NEWS IN ENGLISH 17.11.2020, 22:30 19.11.2020, 15:14 ALP ERMIYA

UK: Non-white students get less places in PhD programs

White students are offered more places for PhD programs across the UK universities than black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates, according to the data gathered by BBC’s flagship program BBC Newsnight.

The program sent freedom of information requests for the academic years between 2015 and 2020 to 133 UK universities.

The 61 universities that responded to the request said they had a higher acceptance rate for white applicants.

The data gathered by the program shows that “black applicants had the lowest proportion of successful offer rates at 33 of these universities.”

The PhD degree is the highest academic qualification, which follows master’s degree.

"I think your research on PhDs is important and ground-breaking,” former Education Secretary Damien Hinds told the program.

He said: “What we were absolutely aware of was this gap in attainment. The Office for Students is focused on this, trying to identify what the blockage is.”

#UK: Nonwhite students get less places in PhD programs

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Takımlar	O	P
1. Galatasaray	34	93
2. Fenerbahçe	34	89
3. Trabzonspor	33	55
4. Başakşehir	34	52
5. Beşiktaş	34	51
6. Kasımpasa	34	49
7. Alanyaspor	34	48
8. Sivasspor	34	48
9. Rizespor	33	48
10. Antalyaspor	33	45
11. A.Demirspor	34	41
12. Samsunspor	34	39
13. Ankaragücü	33	37
14. Kayserispor	34	40
15. Konyaspor	34	36
16. Gaziantep FK	33	34
17. Hatayspor	34	33
18. Karagümrük	33	33
19. Pendikspor	34	30
20. İstanbulspor	34	16

Takımlar	O	P
1. Eyüpspor	32	72
2. Göztepe	32	66
3. Sakaryaspor	32	57
4. Kocaelispor	32	55
5. Ahlatçı Çorum FK	32	55
6. Bodrumspor	32	53
7. Boluspor	32	50
8. Bandırmaspor	32	47
9. Gençlerbirliği	32	47
10. Erzurumspor	32	44
11. Keçiörengücü	32	39
12. Manisa FK	32	37
13. Ümraniye	32	37
14. Şanlıurfaspor	32	34
15. Tuzlaspor	32	34
16. Adanaspor	32	33
17. Altay	32	15
18. Giresunspor	32	7

Takımlar	O	P
1. Arsenal	35	80
2. M.City	33	76
3. Liverpool	35	75
4. Aston Villa	35	67
5. Tottenham	33	60
6. M. United	34	54
7. Newcastle	34	53
8. West Ham United	35	49
9. Chelsea	33	48
10. Bournemouth	35	48
11. Wolves	35	46
12. Brighton	34	44
13. Fulham	35	43
14. Crystal Palace	35	40
15. Everton	35	36
16. Brentford	35	35
17. Nottingham Forest	34	26
18. Luton Town	35	25
19. Burnley	35	24
20. Sheffield United	35	16

Takımlar	O	P
1. Real Madrid	33	84
2. Girona	33	71
3. Barcelona	32	70
4. Atletico Madrid	33	64
5. Athletic Bilbao	33	58
6. Real Sociedad	33	51
7. Real Betis	32	48
8. Valencia	32	47
9. Getafe	33	43
10. Villarreal	32	42
11. Osasuna	33	39
12. Deportivo Alaves	33	38
13. Sevilla	32	37
14. Las Palmas	33	37
15. Rayo Vallecano	32	34
16. Mallorca	33	32
17. Celta Vigo	33	31
18. Cadiz	33	26
19. Granada	33	21
20. Almeria	33	14