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Applications are open for small seed funding for student-led projects and events!

7 September 2023

Do you have a project, social event or initiative that needs a small sum of money to help get it off the ground? The Black Advisory Hub would love to help! We will be offering seed funding to support student social events, small scale research projects, seminars or workshops with themes relating to Black student induction...

We are seeking student co-facilitators for our First Year Induction Programme!

24 July 2023

We are currently seeking ten student co-facilitators for the third annual First Year Induction Programme for new Black students arriving at Cambridge. This programme was initially formed in response to feedback from Black students that they would value an opportunity to network and be informed about university and college...

Are you an incoming Black student at Cambridge? Register for our First Year Induction Programme!

24 July 2023

Congratulations on gaining your place to study at the University of Cambridge! We would love to welcome you on Thursday 21st September 2023, from 1pm-5pm, at the Black students' Induction Programme coordinated by the Black Advisory Hub. The event will involve information sharing, meeting some current students and staff, as...

Winning essay announced: George Bridgetower essay competition 2023

5 July 2023

Congratulations to Antonia Antrobus-Higgins, a 2nd year HSPS student at Murray Edwards, who entered the Bridgetower Prize essay competition and received £1000 for her winning essay. This yearly competition is hosted in partnership with the Legacies of Enslavement Inquiry and the Alexander Crummell Fund. Antonia answered...

Attend Cambridge Literary Festival's Anti-Racism Events!

4 April 2023

Cambridge's Spring Literary Festival is running from 19-23 April with 3 fascinating events that revolve around issues of anti-racism & empowerment in the Black community. See below: Gary Younge | From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter Fri 21 Apr 2023 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm | TTP Stage (Cambridge Union) Event Information...

Submit your essay for the Bridgtower Essay Prize Competition by April 3rd 2023!

15 March 2023

The second annual Bridgetower Essay Prize competition has been launched by the Alexander Crummel Fund Action Group for 2023. The purpose of this essay competition is to stimulate intellectual discourse on themes related to the work of the ACF Action Group and provide an opportunity for students to make original...

Call for Papers: Black awarding gaps and decolonisation forum

16 January 2023

About the event Thursday 9 March This one-day forum is being co-designed by a team of student and staff researchers involved in the Access and Participation Plan's Participatory Action Research Project. Open to all Cambridge staff and students concerned about the awarding gaps that impact Black undergraduate students, it...

The Black Advisory Hub is seeking two postgraduate research assistants to develop the Anti-Racist Glossary

21 December 2022

The Black Advisory Hub is seeking two postgraduate students to contribute to the next phase of the Anti-Racist Glossary project, which was initiated by undergraduates in 2020, continued by a postgraduate team in 2022, and will now extend from February to June 2023 before final publication. The work will involve updating...

Applications Open! Alexander Crummell fully-funded PhD Scholarships for students with Black or Black-Mixed Ethnicity

23 November 2022

The Alexander Crummell fully funded Scholarships for PhD students and MPhil students (flyers attached) are aimed at home (UK fee rate) students with Black or Black-Mixed ethnicity , applying for a degree in a science-based subject at the University of Cambridge starting in October 2023. Further information is at: AC PhD...

Register for Dr Samara Linton's 'Health Inequalities' event

25 October 2022

Alumna Dr Samara Linton (2012, Medical Sciences), editor of The Colour of Madness (2nd ed. 2022, Pan Macmillan), is hosting a special panel event with the St Catharine’s Health & Wellbeing team dedicated to health inequalities, including improving the mental health experiences of people from Black and Asian backgrounds...