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<div>Dear Suchith,</div><div><br></div><div>thanks indeed for those details; I am in good support of your email content.</div><div><br></div><div>It matches the EID (Equity Diversity Inclusion) work that is done globally now,</div><div>and on most U.S. campuses etc.</div><br><div>But I would appreciate if you can see and use UK just as one example among many<br></div><div>and then always apply it wider, more global,</div><div>if that is the aim (as per CODATA mandate let's say, and the sciences).</div><div><br></div><div>Arguably, it's not only the UK that can fail its people and the research,</div><div>e.g. see here for one case of many: <a href="https://ucsdguardian.org/2021/05/09/musings-from-the-museum-the-indian-government-has-failed-its-people/" target="_blank">https://ucsdguardian.org/2021/05/09/musings-from-the-museum-the-indian-government-has-failed-its-people/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I actually can show you many examples and my own experiences from Germany, and Canada,</div><div>certainly the U.S. and the EU, and of course cast systems, and now U.N. the most (see work for instance by J. Ziegler</div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ziegler" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ziegler</a>). <br></div><div>Simply looking at FIFA and IOC (=the sports) reflects us no other.<br></div><div><br></div><div>One should add here in that list royal governance schemes, as well as some professional societies.</div><div><br></div><div>My point is that what you outline and put effort in is also to be tackled wider and via the overall existing framework the most,</div><div>thus global data and free and open international information, books and webportals for an improvement.</div><div>We use NOLO
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classes for university teaching for insance; U.S. has related federal laws on textbook cost exposure in syllabi.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again, more later</div><div> Falk Huettmann</div><div><br></div><div>PS I probably take issue with your term 'from humble upbringing': what is it and what is the threshold,</div><div>considering most people in the world earn <$4 a day and lower casts/no casts do exist ?<br></div><div>The World Bank for instance has no agreeable terms for such income brackets or for poverty, and revises them frequently.</div><div>A humble upbringing could indeed still be rather privileged and self-serving.<br></div><div><br></div><div></div>
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt">for responding to my Open Letter requesting scholarships at Russell Group universities. I thank Russell Group for assurance on their commitment for increasing opportunity for all students. I greatly appreciate the supportive
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt">I thank all Russell Group universities for their many initiatives to help students from all backgrounds. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">It is good to hear that progress is being made to increase in the number of disadvantaged students at Russell Group universities over the last 5 years. I am happy to also note that each Russell Group university will offer a range
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<span style="font-size:11pt">I am informed that whilst Russell Group don’t hold a comprehensive list of full scholarships offered, these can be found on their members webpages. So I will appreciate if you are working in a Russell Group University, please share
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<span style="font-size:11pt">I came from a humble background. I was able to pursue my higher education because of scholarships that I had received from universities and also because of kindness and support that I received from many people during my studies.
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<span style="font-size:11pt">I have been volunteering my efforts for over a decade for providing higher education opportunities for more first-generation students and for students from economically poor families.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt">More details at
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Even though my initial Open Letter for Scholarships was to Russell Group universities, I think all UK Universities should consider providing more full scholarships.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Information from Child Poverty Action Group highlights that there were 3.9 million children living in poverty in the UK in 2020-21. Details at
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Child poverty, education and the postcode lottery</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/08/19/child-poverty-education-and-the-postcode-lottery/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt">https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/08/19/child-poverty-education-and-the-postcode-lottery/</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Are there any</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">statistics of full scholarships provided by all UK Universities to disadvantaged students
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<span style="font-size:11pt">There is urgent need for all UK Universities to expand full scholarship programs for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) students, students from economically poor families and first-generation students. </span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt">vice-chancellors and senior management in all UK Universities to please consider my humble request for providing new 100 full scholarships per year at each UK university for BAME students, students from economically poor
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<span style="font-size:11pt">If you are working at a UK university, please share my open letter with your university management. Thanks. </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt">Details at </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-requesting-scholarships-all-russell-group-suchith-anand" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:11pt">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-requesting-scholarships-all-russell-group-suchith-anand</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">I am very grateful for the kind messages of support that I received from many colleagues in universities across UK for this open letter. I am hopeful that there will be more new full scholarship programs that all Universities in
the UK will start. As most UK universities have EDI policies, these EDI scholarships will help strengthen EDI policies of the universities. Nice policies are not enough. Actions on providing full scholarships are needed.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">"Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” is a Sanskrit phrase which means "The World Is One Family". I am very grateful to all amazing colleagues from around the world working for making education opportunities for all. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Thank you again to Russell Group to thier firm support and commitment for increasing opportunity for all students. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">I look forward to keep working with all UK universities for increasing education opportunity for all students. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist | Board member | Governance | Policy | Consultant in Data Science and Data Ethics | Global Citizen | SDG Volunteer and Advocate</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://council.science/profile/suchith-anand/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt">https://council.science/profile/suchith-anand/</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/users/suchith-anand" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt">https://www.rd-alliance.org/users/suchith-anand</span></a></span></p>
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<a href="https://ethicaldatainitiative.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt">https://ethicaldatainitiative.org</span></a></p>
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