How African principles of community are helping Black students in the UK into PhD study Ifedapo Francis Awolowo, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, Sheffield Hallam University on February 9, 2026 at 5:00 pm

GaudiLab/Shutterstock Across the UK, Black students remain significantly underrepresented in doctoral programmes. This is despite years of widening participation policies and a growing awareness that the pathways into a PhD are often far harder to navigate for some groups than others. My research with colleagues shows that a different approach is possible: one that draws on long-standing African philosophies of […]