Nicola Rollock

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Nicola Rollock
Nicola Rollock at Black Educational Inequality in the UK discussion.jpg
Rollock in 2019
Born
South West London, England
Alma mater University of Liverpool
Birkbeck, University of London
UCL Institute of Education
Scientific career
Institutions London Metropolitan University
UCL Institute of Education
Goldsmiths, University of London
University of Birmingham
University of Cambridge
King's College London
Thesis Legitimate players? : an ethnographic study of academically successful Black pupils in a London secondary school  (2006)
Website nicolarollock.com

Nicola Rollock is a British academic, writer and activist. She is professor of social policy and race at King's College London, having previously been reader in equality and education at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and has written several books, including The Colour of Class: The educational strategies of the Black middle classes (2014). She has been included in the Powerlist of the most influential black Britons and has received the PRECIOUS award for her work in racial equality.

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Early life and education

Rollock was born in South West London, England, to parents from Barbados. [1] Her father encouraged her to focus on her education; she enjoyed reading as a child, and eventually studied English literature. [1] She studied psychology at the University of Liverpool and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1994. Rollock's further education included a Postgraduate Certificate in Family and Couple Therapy at Birkbeck, University of London. She was appointed head of education at the Runnymede Trust in 2001. For her doctoral studies she moved to the UCL Institute of Education, where she researched the educational attainment of black students in British secondary schools. [2]

Research and career

After completing her doctorate in 2006, Rollock was appointed a postdoctoral fellow at London Metropolitan University, where she spent three years before returning to the UCL Institute of Education as a research associate. Her research revealed that black children still faced an attainment gap, even if they were as rich as their white counterparts. [3] She has presented her research as evidence to parliament on the attainment of black pupils. Together with the Runnymede Trust, Rollock published The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 Years On, which looked at how British policing must evolve to support the diverse British population. [4] The recommendations included sharing effective practice on recording racist incidents across the criminal justice system, improving the monitoring of racially motivated crime, increasing public scrutiny, addressing the retention and progression of black staff and reviewing the effectiveness of Stop and Search. [4] The report was presented to the Home Office and Ministry of Justice in 2009. [5]

In her 2019 report Staying Power (the title of which pays homage to Peter Fryer's 1984 book of the same name that documents the history of Black people in Britain), Rollock identified that there were fewer than thirty black British women professors in the United Kingdom, as of February 2019. [6] [7] This shockingly low number (there are 18,000 professors, over 14,000 of whom are white men) [8] was covered in The Guardian , Vogue and Stylist . [9] [10] [11] Rollock identified that the underrepresentation of black women was due to explicit bias, bullying and racial stereotyping. Rollock is committed to making the black women professors more visible, as well as encouraging and supporting more women in to academia. [12] The Black Female Professors Forum was established by Iyiola Solanke in 2019. [13]

In 2019, Rollock was appointed to the Home Affairs Select Committee Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On inquiry, which will examine progress in the two decades since the Murder of Stephen Lawrence. [14] She was appointed lead on the black and minority ethnic (BAME) attainment gap at Goldsmiths, University of London. [15] [16] In this role, she leads a working group that engages academic and professional services staff as well as students to understand the origins of the achievement gap, and implement various solutions. [15] The efforts are part of a wide Government of the United Kingdom initiative to end inequalities between different ethnicities in higher education. [17]

Rollock serves on the Wellcome Trust Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group [18] and the British Science Association Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group. [19] She is a member of the BBC Academy. [20] Rollock provides regular comment on racial inequality to the media. [21] She has criticised universities for engaging "with race in superficial ways". [21] [22]

Related to her research, Rollock curated the touring exhibition Phenomenal Women: portraits of UK Black female professors, aiming "to challenge perceptions of what a professor looks like, to highlight the intersectionality of race and gender and to showcase the achievements of this under-represented group of academics." [23] Featuring photographs by Bill Knight, [24] [25] Phenomenal Women was displayed at locations including in 2020 at London's Southbank Centre [26] [27] and at the University of Cambridge in 2021. [28] [lower-alpha 1]

Rollock is a Distinguished Fellow of the Faculty of Education of the University of Cambridge as a Distinguished Fellow. [30] In September 2021, she was appointed Professor of Social Policy and Race at King's College London. [31]

Rollock is the founding editor of the Routledge journal Whiteness and Education. [32] She has written for The Conversation [33] and the Financial Times . [34]

Awards and honours

Her awards and honours include:

Selected publications

Her publications include:

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  1. 1 2 "Inspirational Women Dr Nicola Rollock | Changing People Blog Changing People Blog". 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Rollock, Nicola (2006). Legitimate players? : an ethnographic study of academically successful Black pupils in a London secondary school (Ph.D. thesis). Institute of Education, University of London.
  3. ↑ Rollock, Dr Nicola (3 July 2007). "Dr Nicola Rollock: Black pupils still pay an ethnic penalty - even if they're rich". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 Rollock, Nicola. "The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 Years On" (PDF). Runnymede Trust. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 Years of Government Response" (PDF). University of Birmingham. July 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Rollock, Nicola (February 2019). "Staying Power: The career experiences and strategies of UK Black female professors" (PDF). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Still too few black female academics hold professorships". University World News. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  8. ↑ Adams, Richard Adams (7 September 2018). "UK universities making slow progress on equality, data shows". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Shaffi, Sarah (22 March 2019). "Black female professors offer advice to the next generation of academics". Stylist. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Black female academics 'face racism and bullying' on path to professorships". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "We Urgently Need More Black Female Professors In UK Universities". British Vogue. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Dr Nicola Rollock on: Black Female Academics, Balance & Well Being". Black Ballad. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "About – Black Female Professors Forum" . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "The Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On inquiry". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  15. 1 2 Morgan, Tom. "Dr Nicola Rollock to lead work addressing BAME attainment gap". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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  19. ↑ "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group". British Science Association. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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  21. 1 2 Gopal, Priyamvada; Rollock, Nicola (24 October 2019). "'Monolithically white places': academics on racism in universities". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  22. ↑ Rollock, Dr Nicola (19 January 2016). "How much does your university do for racial equality?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  23. ↑ "Phenomenal Women: Portraits of Black Female Professors at UCL". UCL. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  24. ↑ Knight, Bill (9 March 2020). "Portraits of UK black female professors – in pictures". The Guardian.
  25. ↑ "Portraits of Black Female Professors". BBC News. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  26. ↑ "Phenomenal Women: Black Female Professors (part of the Inside Out Series)". Southbank Centre. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2023– via YouTube.
  27. ↑ "The Southbank Centre presents an outdoor exhibition celebrating Britain's Black female professors". Istoria Lit. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  28. ↑ "Public portrait exhibition honouring Britain's Black women professors arrives in Cambridge". University of Cambridge | News. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  29. ↑ "Britain's Black female professors take centre stage in a new exhibition". Melan Magazine. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  30. ↑ "Dr Nicola Rollock to join Faculty as Distinguished Fellow". Faculty of Education News. University of Cambridge. 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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  32. ↑ "Whiteness and Education". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  33. ↑ "Nicola Rollock". The Conversation. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  34. ↑ Rollock, Nicola (12 October 2017). "Theresa May's racial disparity audit lacks historical context" . Financial Times . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  35. ↑ "Dr Nicola Rollock attends the Women of the Year Council". www.birmingham.ac.uk. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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Notes

  1. ↑ The Black female professors featured were: Gloria Agyemang, Joan Anim-Addo, Bugewa Apampa, Uduak Archibong, Diamond Ashiagbor, Florence Ayisi, Fareda Banda, Claudia Bernard, Sonia Boyce, Enitan Carrol, Donna Chambers, Nelarine Cornelius, Patricia Daley, Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Dawn Edge, Akwugo Emejulu, Engobo Emeseh, Bernardine Evaristo, Lynette Goddard, Stephani Hatch, Gina Higginbottom, Marilyn Holness, Adele Jones, Tessa McWatt, Heidi Mirza, Dorothy Monekosso, Francisca Mutapi, Bertha Ochieng, Phoebe Okowa, Funmi Olonisakin, Olivette Otele, Ann Phoenix, Cynthia Pine, Tracey Reynolds, Laura Serrant, Maria Stokes, Iyiola Solanke, Shirley Anne Tate, Patricia Tuitt, Carol Tulloch, Ijeoma Uchegbu, Ola Uduku, Toni Williams, Marcia Wilson, and Cecile Wright. [29]
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