‘Not built for minorities to succeed’: black scientists on academia’s race problem

Three senior academics in medicine, chemistry and physics share their experiences and thoughts on how to improve underrepresentationWhy are there still so few black scientists in the UK?Dr Yolanda Ohene, 29, is abiophysicist at the University of Manchester. After an undergraduate degree in physics at Imperial College London she went on to research at masters level and co-foundedMinorities in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), before starting her PhD at UCL.Continue reading...
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