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Read more at: Call for papers ECRs/PhDs: Workshop on histories of racialised communities in Britain

Call for papers ECRs/PhDs: Workshop on histories of racialised communities in Britain

4 November 2024

In recent years there has been an increased scholarly focus on Black British history and histories of racialisation and resistance in Britain. Important historical monographs such as Kennetta Perry’s London is the Place for Me (2016) and Shirin Hirsch’s In the Shadow of Enoch Powell (2018) have explored the development of...


Read more at: Black Advisory Hub students' social

Black Advisory Hub students' social

28 October 2024

The planned afternoon tea/social for Michaelmas Term has now been rescheduled to Tuesday 3 December, the last week of term. The month of October proved to be particularly busy with so many Black History Month events, and it was agreed that it would be nicer to take a break and use this event as a wrap-up for the term. All...


Read more at: Collaborative Art Workshops for Black History Month at Robinson College

Collaborative Art Workshops for Black History Month at Robinson College

4 October 2024

In celebration of Black History Month, Robinson College is hosting two collaborative art workshops, open to students from all Colleges. Led by talented artists, including Cambridge alumnus Joshua Obichere, these workshops provide an open space for students to create or simply observe. Workshops will take place at Robinson...


Read more at: First Year Induction 2024 online event open for registrations!

First Year Induction 2024 online event open for registrations!

18 September 2024

First Year Induction 2024 The Black Advisory Hub has planned an exciting programme of online and in-person events for new undergraduate and postgraduate students arriving for the 2024-2025 academic year. This programme will involve online pre-arrival and in person term-time events, and will be facilitated by a team of...


Read more at: Seeking student communications officer: summer temp work

Seeking student communications officer: summer temp work

4 July 2024

The Black Advisory Hub is seeking a current student with some experience and interest in helping the current team to develop a communications strategy to promote its current activities and to get ready for the next academic year. The work commitment would be flexible, for approximately half a day per week over summer, and...


Read more at: Essay competition - George Bridgetower Essay Prize

Essay competition - George Bridgetower Essay Prize

4 July 2024

The essay competition with a prize of £1000 is now open with a submission date of the 1st September 2024. All current students are eligible, including students who have just recently graduated. This year's prompt is " How do the current conversations about academic freedom and freedom of speech affect Black students at...


Read more at: Open lecture: We Must Move the Needle on Inequality in Academia

Open lecture: We Must Move the Needle on Inequality in Academia

14 June 2024

Annual Gloria Carpenter Lecture 18 June | 5.30 – 6.30pm | The Pitt Building & Online Despite ample evidence that inequalities harm innovation, productivity and general well-being, inequalities persist in all areas of economic life in the UK, including in academia. Black, Asian, and minority ethnic academics occupy only...


Read more at: Focus group participants sought: archiving student resistance and decolonisation

Focus group participants sought: archiving student resistance and decolonisation

10 June 2024

A team of student and staff researchers who all presented at the Black Awarding Gap & Decolonisation Forum in 2023 have since come together to work on a new digital archive dedicated to documenting and preserving the long history of Cambridge student resistance and futuring through anti-racist, decolonial and other...


Read more at: Seeking Project assistant (casual hours): Black Advisory Hub First Year Induction Programme

Seeking Project assistant (casual hours): Black Advisory Hub First Year Induction Programme

29 May 2024

The Black Advisory Hub is seeking a current postgraduate student to work with the BAH team in coordinating the First Year Induction programme for the academic year 2024-25. This project work will involve designing the pre-term online session in September, coordinating a programme of staff and student speakers, as well as...


Read more at: University Diversity Fund small project grants

University Diversity Fund small project grants

17 January 2024

The University Diversity Fund (UDF) is held yearly and provides grants of up to £1500 and is open to applications from students and University staff. The UDF is supported by the Alexander Crummell Fund . The UDF supports initiatives across the University that aim to challenge discrimination and inequalities, increase the...