How African principles of community are helping Black students in the UK into PhD study

By Ifedapo Francis Awolowo, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, Sheffield Hallam University

Across the UK, Black students remain significantly underrepresented in doctoral programmes. This is despite years of widening participation policies and a growing awareness that the pathways into a PhD are often far harder to navigate for some groups than others.

My research with colleagues shows that a different approach is possible: one that draws on long-standing African philosophies of community, character and collective…

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