Written evidence submitted by Dr Russell R A Kitson, University of Warwick

(DIV0002)

                                          We have recently published an article in the Journal of Chemical Education regarding diversity in STEM, specifically on the Black student experience after we noticed a trend that our Black students were overrepresented amongst those students who disengage from their course. The article can be found here:

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00402

I hope that it might be useful for the government inquiry.

January 2022