Racism and decolonisation at Cardiff University: a preliminary report (2022-2024)

Memon, Ahmed Raza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-7743 and Portela Barbosa, Luisa Calvette 2025. Racism and decolonisation at Cardiff University: a preliminary report (2022-2024). [Project Report]. Available at: https://sites.google.com/view/decolonisingcardiffr...

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Abstract

This report presents the experiences of racialised students at Cardiff University. Drawing from focus groups, survey data, and material collected from workshops, this study generates and consolidates new data on understandings of ‘decolonise’ work – both what is needed and what it means – across the University student body. The data collected outlines elevated levels of isolation, mistrust, silencing, and feelings of instrumentalisation by students in relation to the University, and the perception that Cardiff University is a Eurocentric institution was common across our different data sets. Overall, racialised students considered Cardiff to be a racist institution in terms of its curriculum, treatment of students of colour, lack of representation of diverse voices, apathy from staff in senior roles regarding experiences of racism, to name a few of the issues raised.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Related URLs:	https://www.learnedsociety.wales/ecr-blo...
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 September 2025
Date of Acceptance:	28 August 2025
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2025 09:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/181258

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