Feature – Deborah Gabriel BBA Archive

THE Live: Equalities agenda not fit for purpose BBA Founder says

Newsdesk Feature November 26, 2020April 22, 2025race and gender inequality, race equality in academia

THE Live: Equalities agenda not fit for purpose BBA Founder says

Dr Gabriel delivered a presentation at the THE Live Event for the session entitled: Has 2020 Destroyed the Equalities Agenda?

Race inequality and covid-19 – the uncomfortable truths

Deborah Gabriel Feature April 6, 2020April 22, 2025covid-19, racial inequality

Race inequality and covid-19 – the uncomfortable truths

As at 6 April 2020, data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) records over 1.2 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide and nearly 70,000 deaths.

BBA founder says the Eurocentric media curriculum perpetuates whiteness

Newsdesk Feature January 9, 2020April 22, 2025MeCCSA, media education, race and ethnicity

BBA founder says the Eurocentric media curriculum perpetuates whiteness

Dr Deborah Gabriel delivered the keynote address on the opening day of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies (MeCCSA) 2020 annual conference hosted by the University of Brighton.

Black scholars, racial justice and public prominence

Deborah Gabriel Feature December 7, 2013April 22, 2025black academics, black scholars, racial justice

Black scholars, racial justice and public prominence

A thought-provoking article in the Times Higher by Daniel Matlin, an American studies lecturer at Kings College London, asks whether Black intellectuals must talk about race in order to achieve the same level of prominence as White scholars. Read more

To be or not to be: public and popular

Dr Martin Glynn Feature August 25, 2013April 22, 2025academia, academics in the media

To be or not to be: public and popular

Recent filming for a TV documentary has confronted me with a continuing dilemma facing some academics. Read more

To be or not to be: Black Studies

Dr Martin Glynn Feature August 1, 2013April 22, 2025black studies

To be or not to be: Black Studies

I’m frequently asked by my students where I position myself in relation to the controversy surrounding Black Studies in the UK and want to know if it should be actively promoted. Read more

Who leads the race equality agenda in HE?

Deborah Gabriel Feature July 26, 2013April 22, 2025racial equality in HE, racism in academia

Who leads the race equality agenda in HE?

Racism in academia has been well-documented in a succession of studies that span two decades. Read more

To be or not to be silent

Dr Martin Glynn Feature July 14, 2013April 22, 2025george zimmerman, racial injustice, trayvon martin

To be or not to be silent

Waking up to the news that George Zimmerman had been found not guilty over the death of Trayvon Martin was troubling and disheartening in equal measure. Not only because of the inability for justice to be served, but also reflecting on my own 17 year old son. Read more

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