Encouraging and embracing black diversity in industry

The start of 2020 not only saw a world gripped by COVID-19, but also saw the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, amongst others. Their deaths emphasized the continued underlying systemic racism routinely experienced by people of black heritage worldwide. Often these disparities can be hidden/covert and it is clear that black students face significant disadvantages when it comes to achievement at university, including differential degree awarding outcomes and poorer employment prospects (see further reading). © The Authors. Published by Portland Press Limited under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND)