Research

Before finding out the perception and opinions of Goldsmiths students on the issue of Race and Gender equality in institutions, I thought it would be a good idea to see the opinions of students from another university (UCL). This could help us determine if this was a big issue within society and get a general understanding of people's opinion on this matter. While I was there I got approximately 26 students and 4 lecturers to take part in this questionnaire. 

The results were pretty insightful; approximately 40% said they would strongly agree or just agree that the issue of gender inequality within institutions like universities was a big problem. I was fairly shocked that this figure was so low, considering that as a group and a class we see this as a big problem ourselves. The significantly low figures for the statements 'gender equality has already been achieved within institutions like universities' and 'the university actively promotes gender equality' on the basis of people either strongly agreeing or just agreeing, shows that more needs to be done to promote this particular matter and therefore provides us a reason to politicize this problem.