Members of the BiPS committee co-authored a commentary published in Nature Plants examining the underrepresentation of Black and Asian students in UK plant science.
We discuss ethnicity data from the UK Higher Education Statistics Authority, which shows that UK plant science students are disproportionately white. We explore possible reasons for this and offer recommendations for action.
Hubbard, K., Patron, N.J., Bleau, J., Benitez-Alfonso, Y. Underrepresentation of Black and Asian students in UK plant science. Nat. Plants 10, 1272–1275 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01778-w