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<span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">It is very disappointing to read about the scale of racial discrimination from the Nature article “</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="x_ContentPasted0">How
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<span class="x_elementToProof" style="font-weight:normal; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">This is a wider problem affecting </span><span class="x_elementToProof" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="x_ContentPasted3">Black,
Asian and minority ethnic (BAME)</span></span><span class="x_elementToProof" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="x_ContentPasted3" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; font-size:13px"> </span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">staff
in some UK universities. For example, this article in Guardian (dated 12 Dec 2022) gives example from a BAME academic at University of Portsmouth</span></p>
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am hoping with more UK Universities</span><span class="x_Apple-converted-space x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">
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science, but in science generally. There is so much talent out there that just isn’t getting an opportunity. So now, I am hoping to bring together university leaders and to advocate for each Russell Group university (the most prestigious and richest universities
in the UK) to provide 100 full scholarships per year for BAME students, students from economically poor families and first-generation students . The question is not “why do this?”, the question is “why
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Let us all work for making science and education more accessible, inclusive and equitable for the benefit of all.</span></p>
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<span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px">It is very disappointing to read about the scale of racial discrimination at some UK universities.</span></p>
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<span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px">There is no place for Racism in any UK Universities.</span><span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px"></span></p>
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<span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px">I am grateful for the support that I got from colleagues around the world for </span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px">my work for </span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px">building
Race Equality in Geospatial Science. I am touched by the support and kind messages that I got from the International Science Council , research funders and colleagues from around the world.</span><span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px"></span></p>
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<span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px">I am hoping that through sharing my racism experiences, lessons are learnt so that colleagues and students do not face any racism in the future.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I want to thank all authors for sharing their racism experiences in the recent Special issue of the journal Nature dedicated to overcoming racism in science. </span><span class="x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Details
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">There are many articles in different disciplines in this special issue including an article on racism in geoscience in a UK university. It is very disappointing to read about the scale of
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">There is a huge pressure to hide racial discrimination issues in some UK universities. Hence it is important to have support structures and frameworks in universities and scientific organisations
so that more colleagues who are suffering racial discrimination and injustices can get courage to share their racism experiences, so lessons are learnt, appropriate and effective actions are taken, so that colleagues and students do not face any racism in
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14.666667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">I would like to thank International Science Council, Research Funders, Scientific Associations, Leaders
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">It is important to have initiatives like GeoForAll to help build Race Equality in Geospatial Science in the UK. I would like to thank all colleagues in GeoForAll for their contributions to
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