Nicola Rollock

Dr Nicola Rollock is a British academic, writer and activist. She is Reader in Equality & Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and has written several books, including The Colour of Class: The educational strategies of the Black middle classes. She has been included in the Powerlist list of the most influential black Britons and been recognised by the PRECIOUS award for her work in racial equality.

Dr Nicola Rollock
Dr Nicola Rollock at 2019 discussion
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool
Birkbeck, University of London
UCL Institute of Education
TitleDr Nicola ROLLOCK - Personal Appointments
Scientific career
InstitutionsLondon Metropolitan University
UCL Institute of Education
Goldsmiths, University of London
University of Birmingham
ThesisLegitimate players? : an ethnographic study of academically successful Black pupils in a London secondary school (2006)
WebsiteNicola Rollock

Early life and education

Rollock was born in South West London to parents from Barbados.[1] Her father encouraged her to focus on her education; she enjoyed reading as a child, and eventually studied English literature.[1] She studied psychology at the University of Liverpool and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1994. Rollock's further education included a Postgraduate Certificate in Family and Couple Therapy at Birkbeck, University of London. She was appointed Head of Education at the Runnymede Trust in 2001. For her doctoral studies she moved to the UCL Institute of Education, where she researched the educational attainment of black students in British secondary schools.[2]

Research and career

After completing her doctorate in 2006, Rollock was appointed a postdoctoral fellow at London Metropolitan University, where she spent three years before returning to the UCL Institute of Education as a research associate. Her research revealed that black children still faced an attainment gap, even if they were as rich as their white counterparts.[3] She has presented her research as evidence to parliament on the attainment of black pupils. Together with the Runnymede Trust, Rollock published The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 Years On, which looked at how British policing must evolve to support the diverse British population.[4] The recommendations included sharing effective practice on recording racist incidents across the criminal justice system, improving the monitoring of racially motivated crime, increasing public scrutiny, addressing the retention and progression of black staff and reviewing the effectiveness of Stop and Search.[4] The report was presented to the Home Office and Ministry of Justice.[5]

In Staying Power, Rollock identified that there were fewer than thirty black British women professors in the United Kingdom in February 2019.[6][7] This shockingly low number (there are 18,000 professors, over 14,000 of whom are white men)[8] was covered in The Guardian, Vogue and Stylist.[9][10][11] Rollock identified that the underrepresentation of black women was due to explicit bias, bullying and racial stereotyping. Rollock is committed to making the black women professors more visible, as well as encouraging and supporting more women in to academia.[12] The Black Female Professors Forum was established by Iyiola Solanke in 2019.[13]

In 2019 Rollock was appointed to the Home Affairs Select Committee Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On inquiry, which will examine progress in the two decades since the Murder of Stephen Lawrence.[14] She was appointed lead on the black and minority ethnic (BAME) attainment gap at Goldsmiths, University of London.[15][16] In this role she leads a working group that engages academic and professional services staff as well as students to understand the origins of the achievement gap, and implement various solutions.[15] The efforts are part of a wide Government of the United Kingdom initiative to end inequalities between different ethnicities in higher education.[17]

Rollock serves on the Wellcome Trust Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group[18] and the British Science Association Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group.[19] She is a member of the BBC Academy.[20] Rollock provides regular comment on racial inequality to the media.[21] She has criticised universities for engaging "with race in superficial ways".[21][22]

Awards and honours

Her awards and honours include;

  • 2015 Woman of Achievement by the Women of the Year Council[23]
  • 2016 PRECIOUS Award[24]
  • 2019 Powerlist of Britain's most influential people of African and African Caribbean heritage[25]

Selected publications

Her publications include;

  • Rollock, Nicola (2012-01-04). "'You got a pass, so what more do you want?': Race, class and gender intersections in the educational experiences of the Black middle class". Race Ethnicity and Education. 15: 121–139. doi:10.1080/13613324.2012.638869. S2CID 144262389.
  • Rollock, Nicola (2011-07-20). "Being strategic, being watchful, being determined: Black middle-class parents and schooling". British Journal of Sociology of Education. 33 (3): 337–354. doi:10.1080/01425692.2012.668833. S2CID 145702395.
  • Rollock, Nicola (2012-01-04). "The invisibility of race: intersectional reflections on the liminal space of alterity". Race Ethnicity and Education. 15: 65–84. doi:10.1080/13613324.2012.638864. S2CID 143508824.
  • Rollock, Nicola (2014). The Colour of Class: The educational strategies of the Black middle classes. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415809825.

Rollock is the founding editor of the Routledge journal Whiteness and Education.[26] She has written for The Conversation[27] and the Financial Times.[28]

References
  1. "Inspirational Women Dr Nicola Rollock | Changing People Blog Changing People Blog". Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. Rollock, Nicola (2006). Legitimate players? : an ethnographic study of academically successful Black pupils in a London secondary school (Ph.D. thesis). Institute of Education, University of London.
  3. Rollock, Dr Nicola (2007-07-03). "Dr Nicola Rollock: Black pupils still pay an ethnic penalty - even if they're rich". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  4. Rollock, Nicola. "The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 Years On" (PDF). Runnymede Trust. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  5. "Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 Years of Government Response" (PDF). University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  6. Rollock, Nicola (2019). "Staying Power" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  7. "Still too few black female academics hold professorships". University World News. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  8. editor, Richard Adams Education (2018-09-07). "UK universities making slow progress on equality, data shows". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-27.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  9. Shaffi, Sarah (2019-03-22). "Black female professors offer advice to the next generation of academics". Stylist. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  10. "Black female academics 'face racism and bullying' on path to professorships". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  11. "We Urgently Need More Black Female Professors In UK Universities". British Vogue. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  12. "Dr Nicola Rollock on: Black Female Academics, Balance & Well Being". Black Ballad. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  13. "About – Black Female Professors Forum". Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  14. "The Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On inquiry". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  15. Morgan, Tom. "Dr Nicola Rollock to lead work addressing BAME attainment gap". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  16. "Goldsmiths takes action to address race study findings". Voice Online. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  17. "Universities must do more to tackle ethnic disparity". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  18. "Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group | Wellcome". wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  19. "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group". British Science Association. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  20. "Nicola Rollock". BBC Academy. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  21. Gopal, Priyamvada; Rollock, Nicola (2019-10-24). "'Monolithically white places': academics on racism in universities". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  22. Rollock, Dr Nicola (2016-01-19). "How much does your university do for racial equality?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  23. "Dr Nicola Rollock attends the Women of the Year Council". www.birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  24. "Winners Announced of the 10th Annual PRECIOUS Awards | Family Friendly Working". www.familyfriendlyworking.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  25. "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion". www.ucd.ie. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  26. "Whiteness and Education". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  27. "Nicola Rollock". The Conversation. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  28. "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-10-27. Cite uses generic title (help)
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