Are UK Universities Racist

Are UK Universities Racist The OE Blog The high-profile apology of disgraced LSE lecturer Dr Satoshi Kanazawa last week was the latest in a disturbing spate of incidences of racism at prestigious UK universities. With students complaining about racist lecturers and statistics showing shocking discrepancies in admissions data at some of our top universities, is racism a serious problem in UK higher education? Dr Kanazawa, a lecturer in the management department at LSE, was the author of a high-profile blog called ‘The Scientific Fundamentalist’ on the website Psychology Today. He became the subject of an internal enquiry at the university after a public outcry followed his publication of one blog discussing “why black women are far less attractive than white, Asian and Native American women”. A plethora of Kanazawa’s own students raised a vigorous protest after the appearance of the article, with student union officer Sherelle Davids declaring “as a black woman I feel his conclusions are a direct attack on black women everywhere.” Though the offending blog has now been removed, a brief perusal of the site suggests that Kanazawa’s students are likely to be left unsatisfied, as columns with titles like “Are all women essentially prostitutes?” have, amazingly, been allowed to remain. Racism in higher education hit the headlines twice this week, with another high-profile story centring on Nottingham University student Rizwaan Sabir, who was arrested by police and kept for seven days in solitary confinement after he downloaded a document on Al Qaeda training as part of the research for his counter-terrorism PhD. Sabir implied in an interview that his arrest came after the university reported his activities to the authorities, in spite of the fact that the document was available for download from his faculty website and was also for sale at major retailers like Blackwell’s and W H Smiths. He protested that he was arrested solely because he was a Muslim and because of his race. He claimed “I was arrested because I was brown skinned and had a beard and because I was most peoples’ stereotype of what a young terrorist looks like.” He suggested that racism and racist assumptions about his beliefs and motives essentially turned his academic degree into a horrifying experience of accusation and interrogation. It resulted in a false record of terrorism conviction that led to him being frequently stopped and scrutinised for some time afterwards when trying to travel abroad. Nottinghamshire Police have now agreed a compensation settlement of £20,000 in the case, but the implications for studen ts from ethnic minority backgrounds choosing whether to study at UK universities must be significant. On a more general scale, concerns about racism in admissions to UK higher education have existed for some time. A Freedom of Information request by MP David Lammy earlier this year resulted in the reluctant release of damning statistics regarding the percentage of students successfully gaining places at prestigious Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Oxbridge have long employed the defence that their high numbers of white, middle and upper class students result from the numbers of applications they receive from students of differing backgrounds, but this excuse was swept away by the evidence that emerged in April. Regardless of applicant figures, Lammy’s request compared the numbers of students applying with those who succeeded in being awarded a place, proving that a white student living in the UK had a one in three chance of success compared to a dramatically lower one in six chance for a black applicant. When the data was divided by college even starker divides appeared, with one Cambridge college (Newnham) presenting a 67% success rate for white applicants compared to a paltry 13% for black students. The divide was shown to exist professionally in higher education too, with the startling revelation that of more than one and a half thousand academic and lab staff at Cambridge University, not a single one was black at the time of the enquiry. Perhaps most strange of all was the revelation that at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, when the information was arranged in order by college, it was the all-female colleges whose statistics showed by far the widest gap between admissions success for black and white applicants. Whilst the universities protested that the discrepancies between college-to-college data were too small to be statistically significant, the gulf in figures between the women’s colleges and the mixed colleges was far too great to be so simply swept under the carpet, but no explanation for this enormous inequality has yet emerged. With tuition fees set to soar to £9000 in 2012, elitism and narrow social profiles are likely to become a still greater problem at our top universities. For the sake of equal access to higher education, of social diversity and racial equality, it has never been more important for UK universities to wake up and correct this unacceptable bias. From the dismissal of academic staff making racist comments to the strict and invasive investigation of admissions procedures, no steps are too radical to right this ignored wrong. As MP David Lammy declared, “If Oxford and Cambridge are ashamed of these statistics, they are right to be”.

5 No-Nos for Parents of Premeds During Essay Writing Season

Writing is a challenging process avoid adding to the pressure. Considering how much time and energy is focused on the personal statement for medical school, it can be difficult to know how to support your premed in the writing stages of the application. Since I’ve been speaking with lots of parents recently about personal statements, I would like to share what I’ve learned. If you want to be a supportive premed parent, here are five things to make sure that you don’t do: 1. Dont be overly critical of early ideas or drafts. It takes time to brainstorm and outline this type of essay.   If you encourage your son or daughter to be overly critical of their own work at this early stage, you will basically arrest progress by making it very difficult for your child to trust the writing process. Essentially you will be obstructing the self-reflection and iterative drafting process that creates a good personal statement. Writing is a process. There are stages that, if used, allow for the writing to develop and improve with time. 2. Dont rush the process. By making your premed frantic about an upcoming deadline, she may skip steps and end up with a sloppy draft that she feels the need to submit because of the pressure you are placing on her – and despite her own dissatisfaction with the result. By identifying and managing your own anxiety for your child, you will be helping her to make better decisions. You will also be setting a good example of controlling your own emotions without taking them out on other people. Writing is really just one little decision after another. If you are feeling rushed, you are less likely to use good judgment. 3. Dont second guess your child’s motivations or explanations. By making your son feel like you know him better than he knows himself, you will place him in the uncomfortable position of having to defend his views. That position will distract him from what he should be doing: expending energy on self-exploration and self-reflection or effectively presenting his views via his personal statement and experiences. The writing required in the AMCAS application can provide a wonderful opportunity to learn more about oneself as a person. Give your son the space to explore and reflect his identity. He will not be able to show a confident face to the world if you destabilize his sense of identity. 4. Dont encourage your child to experiment. It can be disadvantageous to take a creative approach to writing personal statements. I recently read a personal statement in which the student described a photo, but never revealed who the people in the picture were; needless to say, it was confusing and frustrating to read the essay. It may become a great short story one day, but it took too much of the focus away from her as an applicant. With writing personal statements, it is essential that your premed be the focus—not an experimental writing style. 5. Dont compare your child’s essays to award-winning examples. Lately, I have spoken to many parents about why their premed’s personal statement doesn’t look like all the examples they’ve been reading online and in books.   The reason for the difference is simple: Everyone has a unique story to tell, and your child’s is (and should be) different from the samples. It can be discouraging to read award-winning essays to your premed, especially when he is in the early stages of writing his own. Give him the space to explore what he wants to say and how he wants to say it. With true support, your premeds can create a compelling personal statement that provides insight into who they are and what kind of doctor they want to become. Working with a consultant, like my colleagues and me at Accepted, can help your son or daughter find the right writing strategy. With all my clients my goal is to help them create a statement that they will be proud to submit because it will be an authentic reflection of their character and personality. And that’s exactly what the medical schools are looking for. Do you want to help your premed child get into med school†¦without having to nag or stress them out? This series has loads of  concrete, actionable advice that will help your premed discover their competitive advantage and get accepted! ; Alicia McNease Nimonkar is an Accepted advisor and editor specializing in healthcare admissions. Prior to joining Accepted, Alicia worked for five years as Student Advisor at UC Davis’ postbac program where she both evaluated applications and advised students applying successfully to med school and related programs. Related Resources: †¢Ã‚  Ace the AMCAS Essay, free guide †¢Ã‚  5 Tips for the AACOMAS Personal Statement †¢Ã‚  Why Do We Have Personal Statements? 5 No-Nos for Parents of Premeds During Essay Writing Season Writing is a challenging process avoid adding to the pressure. Considering how much time and energy is focused on the personal statement for medical school, it can be difficult to know how to support your premed in the writing stages of the application. Since I’ve been speaking with lots of parents recently about personal statements, I would like to share what I’ve learned. If you want to be a supportive premed parent, here are five things to make sure that you don’t do: 1. Dont be overly critical of early ideas or drafts. It takes time to brainstorm and outline this type of essay.   If you encourage your son or daughter to be overly critical of their own work at this early stage, you will basically arrest progress by making it very difficult for your child to trust the writing process. Essentially you will be obstructing the self-reflection and iterative drafting process that creates a good personal statement. Writing is a process. There are stages that, if used, allow for the writing to develop and improve with time. 2. Dont rush the process. By making your premed frantic about an upcoming deadline, she may skip steps and end up with a sloppy draft that she feels the need to submit because of the pressure you are placing on her – and despite her own dissatisfaction with the result. By identifying and managing your own anxiety for your child, you will be helping her to make better decisions. You will also be setting a good example of controlling your own emotions without taking them out on other people. Writing is really just one little decision after another. If you are feeling rushed, you are less likely to use good judgment. 3. Dont second guess your child’s motivations or explanations. By making your son feel like you know him better than he knows himself, you will place him in the uncomfortable position of having to defend his views. That position will distract him from what he should be doing: expending energy on self-exploration and self-reflection or effectively presenting his views via his personal statement and experiences. The writing required in the AMCAS application can provide a wonderful opportunity to learn more about oneself as a person. Give your son the space to explore and reflect his identity. He will not be able to show a confident face to the world if you destabilize his sense of identity. 4. Dont encourage your child to experiment. It can be disadvantageous to take a creative approach to writing personal statements. I recently read a personal statement in which the student described a photo, but never revealed who the people in the picture were; needless to say, it was confusing and frustrating to read the essay. It may become a great short story one day, but it took too much of the focus away from her as an applicant. With writing personal statements, it is essential that your premed be the focus—not an experimental writing style. 5. Dont compare your child’s essays to award-winning examples. Lately, I have spoken to many parents about why their premed’s personal statement doesn’t look like all the examples they’ve been reading online and in books.   The reason for the difference is simple: Everyone has a unique story to tell, and your child’s is (and should be) different from the samples. It can be discouraging to read award-winning essays to your premed, especially when he is in the early stages of writing his own. Give him the space to explore what he wants to say and how he wants to say it. With true support, your premeds can create a compelling personal statement that provides insight into who they are and what kind of doctor they want to become. Working with a consultant, like my colleagues and me at Accepted, can help your son or daughter find the right writing strategy. With all my clients my goal is to help them create a statement that they will be proud to submit because it will be an authentic reflection of their character and personality. And that’s exactly what the medical schools are looking for. Do you want to help your premed child get into med school†¦without having to nag or stress them out? This series has loads of  concrete, actionable advice that will help your premed discover their competitive advantage and get accepted! ; Alicia McNease Nimonkar is an Accepted advisor and editor specializing in healthcare admissions. Prior to joining Accepted, Alicia worked for five years as Student Advisor at UC Davis’ postbac program where she both evaluated applications and advised students applying successfully to med school and related programs. Related Resources: †¢Ã‚  Ace the AMCAS Essay, free guide †¢Ã‚  5 Tips for the AACOMAS Personal Statement †¢Ã‚  Why Do We Have Personal Statements?

All Quiet on the Western Front Destroying a Generation...

All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque, is a classic anti-war novel about the personal struggles and experiences encountered by a group of young German soldiers as they fight to survive the horrors of World War One. Remarque demonstrates, through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a young German soldier, how the war destroyed an entire generation of men by making them incapable of reintegrating into society because they could no longer relate to older generations, only to fellow soldiers. Paul believed the older generation ...ought to be mediators and guides to the world... to the future. / The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in [their] minds with greater insight and a more humane wisdom. Paul, his†¦show more content†¦When he is reunited with his mother [they] say very little, but when she finally asks him if it was very bad out there Paul lies. In trying to protect her by lying, Paul creates a separation between his mother and himself. 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Organizational Culture Essay - 1812 Words

Organizational Culture Organizations have personalities like individuals and like individuals, they have enduring and stable traits that help us predict their attitudes and behaviors. An organization’s culture may be hard to define but it has a major impact on the behavior of individuals in the organization. To understand one’s behavior in an organizational culture it helps to understand the dominant culture in an organization and to figure out how individuals come to learn that culture and how the culture affects them. Defining Organizational Culture (7 Characteristics) There seems to be wide agreement that organizational culture refers to a system of shared meaning held by members that distinguishes the organization from other†¦show more content†¦Appraising the organization oil these seven characteristics, then, gives a composite picture of the organizations culture. 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Bell Curve and Normal Distribution Definition

The term bell curve is used to describe the mathematical concept called normal distribution, sometimes referred to as Gaussian distribution. Bell curve refers to the bell shape that is created when a line is plotted using the data points for an item that meets the criteria of normal distribution. In a bell curve, the center contains the greatest number of a value and, therefore, it is the highest point on the arc of the line. This point is referred to the mean, but in simple terms, it is the highest number of occurrences of an element (in statistical terms, the mode). Normal Distribution The important thing to note about a normal distribution is that the curve is concentrated in the center and decreases on either side. This is significant in that the data has less of a tendency to produce unusually extreme values, called outliers, as compared to other distributions. Also, the bell curve signifies that the data is symmetrical. This means that you can create reasonable expectations as to the possibility that an outcome will lie within a range to the left or right of the center, once you have measured the amount of deviation contained in the data.This is measured in terms of standard deviations. A bell curve graph depends on two factors: the mean and the standard deviation. The mean identifies the position of the center and the standard deviation determines the height and width of the bell. For example, a large standard deviation creates a bell that is short and wide while a small standard deviation creates a tall and narrow curve. Bell Curve Probability and Standard Deviation To understand the probability factors of a normal distribution, you need to understand the following rules: The total area under the curve is equal to 1 (100%)About 68% of the area under the curve falls within one standard deviation.About 95% of the area under the curve falls within two standard deviations.About 99.7% of the area under the curve falls within three standard deviations. Items 2, 3, and 4 above are sometimes referred to as the empirical rule or the 68–95–99.7 rule. Once you determine that the data is normally distributed (bell curved) and calculate the mean and standard deviation, you can determine the probability that a single data point will fall within a given range of possibilities. Bell Curve Example A good example of a bell curve or normal distribution is the roll of two dice. The distribution is centered around the number seven and the probability decreases as you move away from the center. Here is the percent chance of the various outcomes when you roll two dice. Two: (1/36) 2.78%Three: (2/36) 5.56%Four: (3/36) 8.33%Five: (4/36) 11.11%Six: (5/36) 13.89%Seven: (6/36) 16.67% most likely outcomeEight: (5/36) 13.89%Nine: (4/36) 11.11%Ten: (3/36) 8.33%Eleven: (2/36) 5.56%Twelve: (1/36) 2.78% Normal distributions have many convenient properties, so in many cases, especially in physics and astronomy, random variations with unknown distributions are often assumed to be normal to allow for probability calculations. Although this can be a dangerous assumption, it is often a good approximation due to a surprising result known as the central limit theorem. This theorem states that the mean of any set of variants with any distribution having a finite mean and variance tends to occur in a normal distribution. Many common attributes such as test scores or height follow roughly normal distributions, with few members at the high and low ends and many in the middle. When You Shouldnt Use the Bell Curve There are some types of data that dont follow a normal distribution pattern. These data sets shouldnt be forced to try to fit a bell curve. A classic example would be student grades, which often have two modes. Other types of data that dont follow the curve include income, population growth, and mechanical failures.

Transitional Objects Of A Child - 1300 Words

In this section we will discuss transitional objects and what role they play in the development of a child. A transitional object is a physical object that helps toddlers to transit emotionally from a stage of dependence to a stage of independence. The toddler thinks that the object is part of it, and this transition stage enables the toddler to realize that the mother is not me as well as separateness of other objects. These objects become vitally important to a toddler when going to sleep and as a defense during anxiety. A transitional object plays an important role in replacing the mother-child bond (Winnicott, 1953). A toddler assumes rights over the transitional object and excitedly loves and cuddles it. It should not be changed†¦show more content†¦Good mothering enables initial emotional development. Transitional objects enable the continuation of the emotional development by being the first instance of the initiation of a relationship between the toddler and the world (Wincott, 1953). Observations of the earliest experiences of a healthy toddler are expressed by its relationship with its first possession which is always a transitional object. Transitional objects also belong to the realm of illusion which is the basis of initiating development. This stage is made possible by the capacity of a mother to let the toddler have the illusion that what it creates really exists (Winncott, 1953). Between the age of six and eight years, a child goes through a lot of physical, motor, emotional and behavioral growth where different attitudes and values are developed. 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In the conduct of this study, the question that must always be put in our mind is if there is a possibility for the city of Scottsdale and Marrakesh to have a business transaction to improve their economy as a whole. After reading all the necessary materials regarding the economic condition of the two cities, I have learned that Marrakesh has a 55. 5 % rate of share of services in the totality of the city’s GDP. We will write a custom essay sample on An informative look into the strata of B2B Communication Methods or any similar topic only for you Order Now Moreover, Morocco is also known for its industry in mining, food processing, leather goods, textiles and tourism. In terms of their educational attainment level, only 52% of the total population is literate. Its export commodities are mostly clothing, fish, crude minerals, fertilizer, transistors and inorganic chemicals. On the other hand, one of the â€Å"booming† industries in Scottsdale is the business and professional industry that enables them to have an impressive economic growth for the past years. They are also known for their best resorts destinations and high technologies and bio-technology. Feasibility Study Based from the above facts that I gathered, I could say that there is a great possibility of having business with Marrakesh. In the industry of tourism, since Marrakesh is known for their tourism, Scottsdale could develop resorts in Marrakesh. The high rate of tourists that goes to Marrakesh would serve as an opportunity for the Scottsdale to put up resorts. If this would go to happen, tourists in Marrakesh will continue to increase. At the same time, while benefiting the Scottsdale, the resort that will be established would surely cut the unemployment rate of Marrakesh since jobs will be provided to their citizens and, in the later years, could uplift the poverty rate of Marrakesh (Shagazatova). On the other hand, since there is a high illiteracy rate in Marrakesh, and there are a lot of professionals in Scottsdale like teachers, Scottsdale could invest in establishing schools in the Marrakesh in order to uplift their rate of literacy. The schools that I am referring here are only vocational schools, will also provide basic knowledge regarding literacy, that might be a good help in the booming industry of Marrakesh (Ranis). With this, Scottsdale could also get workers from the schools that they had established. With the median age of 24 years, there would be no doubt that Marrakesh industry is concentrated on the service sector. Most of the companies here must be labor intensive in order to take advantage of the large pool of laborers in the market. Wage rate is expected to be low compared to other countries (Phelps). This is also one of the reasons why it is advantageous to put up a business in Marrakesh aside from its economic opportunities in the current days. Since Scottsdale is well known for its business services, it would be a good decision to establish a service oriented company in Marrakesh. It could be in line with the transistor’s industry or textile industry that can be provided by Scottsdale to the workers of Marrakesh. Data Gathering and Recommendations Through the suggested strategies above would definitely benefit both of the cities. Marrakesh could take advantage of the job opportunity that Scottsdale’s investors bring with them and the latter could take advantage of the tremendous amount of laborers in Marrakesh as well as the low operational costs in terms of the wage rate. After presenting this paper to the Scottsdale’s officials, data gathering in Marrakesh economic standing should be implemented right away in order to validate the theories that we have cited in this paper. The data’s were then studied by the economic analysts of Scottsdale in order to have an in depth understanding of the current status of Marrakesh and in order for us to be guided in the actions that we are going to undertake. REFERENCES Phelps, Edmund S. â€Å"Low-Wage Employment Subsidies Versus the Welfare State. † 2007. Ranis, Gustav. â€Å"Human Development and Economic Growth. † 2004. Shagazatova, Batir Mirbabayev and Malika. â€Å"The Economic and Social Impact of Tourism. † 2005. How to cite An informative look into the strata of B2B Communication Methods, Papers