Me, Rumman, Alba, Darcy and Sajjad have gone around Uni today collecting signatures. We have got over 100 and the response has been great!!!
We have had a good mix of male and female from all departments. Moreover, we have some staff signatures also.
This shows that staff and students at Goldsmiths genuinely believe there needs to be a greater amount of female and BME lecturers or that they should be in higher job roles.
A lot of students have said that there is a lack of BME lecturers within their departments and that if there were more, this would help in modules that are to do with non-european topics etc.
As well, a lot of people have said that even if there are female or BME lecturers, they are not in the highest positions and they feel that this could be to do with the fact that the majority of higher positions are taken by white males. Additionally, some said that female or BME lecturers are put off going for these positions because they think they have no chance of getting them anyway.
Overall, I think this is a great start. I know some people in Life A User's Manual, were sceptical of what we would be able to achieve by doing this petition but I personally think its a great way to spread awareness and hopefully if we can get a substantial amount of signatures we could make a difference. After all, the point of this module is that we make something political by intervention and as a result try and make an impact/change.
We will continue to get signatures throughout next week.
We have had a good mix of male and female from all departments. Moreover, we have some staff signatures also.
This shows that staff and students at Goldsmiths genuinely believe there needs to be a greater amount of female and BME lecturers or that they should be in higher job roles.
A lot of students have said that there is a lack of BME lecturers within their departments and that if there were more, this would help in modules that are to do with non-european topics etc.
As well, a lot of people have said that even if there are female or BME lecturers, they are not in the highest positions and they feel that this could be to do with the fact that the majority of higher positions are taken by white males. Additionally, some said that female or BME lecturers are put off going for these positions because they think they have no chance of getting them anyway.
Overall, I think this is a great start. I know some people in Life A User's Manual, were sceptical of what we would be able to achieve by doing this petition but I personally think its a great way to spread awareness and hopefully if we can get a substantial amount of signatures we could make a difference. After all, the point of this module is that we make something political by intervention and as a result try and make an impact/change.
We will continue to get signatures throughout next week.
Good write up man. Also some Women from the Art dept. pointed out that all the buildings were named after men. HMMMMMM...
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