UK chemistry pipeline loses almost all of its Black, Asian and other ethnic minority chemists after undergraduate studies

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Black students are only one quarter as likely to study for a PhD than their white counterparts

The UK’s academic pipeline is failing to retain Black, Asian and other ethnic minority chemists an analysis by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has shown. The figures are particularly stark for Black students, who are far less likely than white students to be pursuing a PhD and higher academic positions.