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Bain research commissioned by the BTC examining Black underrepresentation in the financial and professional services in the UK.
By
Bain & Company
Summary
Finance and professional services roles are among the highest-paid and most influential jobs in the UK, yet analysis by the Black Talent Charter (BTC), produced with support from Bain & Company, reveals these sectors to have among the lowest proportions of Black representation in industries across the UK economy.
BTC Opinion
This research is a stark warning that the commitments made in 2020 are yet to translate into systemic change. In fact, the data shows that we're actually moving backwards, with business failing to keep pace with the rate of societal change. Improving pathways is essential but insufficient in isolation.
Bain research commissioned by the BTC examining Black underrepresentation in the financial and professional services in the UK.
By
Bain & Company
Summary
Finance and professional services roles are among the highest-paid and most influential jobs in the UK, yet analysis by the Black Talent Charter (BTC), produced with support from Bain & Company, reveals these sectors to have among the lowest proportions of Black representation in industries across the UK economy.
BTC Opinion
This research is a stark warning that the commitments made in 2020 are yet to translate into systemic change. In fact, the data shows that we're actually moving backwards, with business failing to keep pace with the rate of societal change. Improving pathways is essential but insufficient in isolation.
As DEI work faces increasing scrutiny socially, politically, and legally, organizations are taking extra care to re-evaluate their DEI efforts.
By
Harvard Business Review
Summary
Leaders are right to consider change, not as a reaction to backlash, but to work toward a more accountable, transparent, and successful vision of what DEI could be. The author identifies three things that need to change: 1) Clumsy, jargon-heavy communication, 2) disconnected and decoupled DEI goals and programs, and 3) nonexistent or vanity DEI measurement. They also identify three things that should be maintained: 1) Responsiveness to broader society, 2) commitment to healthy organizations, and 3) the belief that we can be better.
BTC Opinion
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2024, the Black Health Education Collaborative held an online session that explored 'Why Anti-Racist Healthcare Matters'.
By
Black Health Collaborative
Summary
The online session explores how anti-racist and inclusive practices improve the healthcare system and patient care for all. During this event, speakers discuss how health systems that support the provision of anti-racist care are more responsive to the realities of communities that experience injustice and oppression and are better positioned to provide high quality care to all.
BTC Opinion
ARE’s Moving on Up programme took to parliament in November 2023 to highlight the large employment gaps impacting young people from Black, Asian, Mixed-heritage and minority ethnic backgrounds.
By
Action for Race Equality
Summary
The government’s Annual Population Survey consistently reveals that young Black men are up to three times more likely to be unemployed than young white men aged 16-24 years. This disparity persists even when young Black men hold university degrees.
Action for Race Equality, a national anti-racism charity, has been tackling this injustice for over a decade through the Moving on Up (MoU) initiative. With support and significant backing from Trust for London and City Bridge Foundation, MoU has tested multiple interventions to close the unemployment gap for young Black men.
BTC Opinion
The latest content from the Runnymede Trust on all matters regarding race.
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Runnymede Trust
Summary
Race Matters aims to bring new perspectives to matters of racial (in)justice, including topics which people may not associate with race. Runnymede encourage blogs that shed new light on an issue and are backed up by evidence. They value personal stories that illustrate impact and give perspective.
BTC Opinion
Two thirds of Black and minority ethnic people support stronger calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and more compassion for Palestinian people.
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Runnymede Trust
Summary
Two thirds of Black and minority ethnic people support stronger calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and more compassion for Palestinian people. In a survey of over 2,000 Black and minority ethnic people in the UK Just 9% of Black and minority ethnic people oppose a ceasefire in Gaza, with 21% reporting that they ‘neither support nor oppose’, and 4% that they ‘don’t know’, with regards to those statements.
BTC Opinion
The UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation explores the impact of racism - scientific, metaphysical and cultural. Their podcasts highlight important research and conversations on racism and racialisation, with contributions from academics, activists and cultural practitioners.