The honour Baroness Amos feels as she prepares to take over a top London college is tempered by dismay that only 85 out of 18500 UK professors are blackMaking history as the first black woman to lead a British university causes mixed emotions for Valerie Amos,who is honoured by her appointment but dismayed that the breakthrough has taken so long.
The baroness, a former Labour minister, or expresses concern at the lack of diversity in higher education,referring to the shortage of black academics and the struggle of students of African and Caribbean heritage to succeed at university.
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Source: theguardian.com