{"id":3676,"date":"2022-04-15T13:51:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2022-09-20T11:10:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:10:42","slug":"news-new-research-paper-by-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-on-minority-ethnic-students-battle-against-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2022\/04\/15\/news-new-research-paper-by-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-on-minority-ethnic-students-battle-against-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS \u2013 New research paper by Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) on minority ethnic students\u2019 battle against racism published in Cambridge Journal of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Billy Wong\u2019s (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) latest research paper explores the experiences of minority ethnic students in UK higher education, especially their approaches to racism and coping strategies. The research is published in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/0305764X.2022.2047889\"><em>Cambridge Journal of Education<\/em><\/a><\/strong> and was part of his recently <em>Student Experiences in STEM<\/em> project (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/sestem\/\">SESTEM<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2022\/04\/15\/news-new-research-paper-by-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-on-minority-ethnic-students-battle-against-racism\/abstract-image-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3677 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/Abstract-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"558\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The paper draws on 51 in-depth interviews and discusses the different ways in which racism can affect students and the extent to which it is normalised. As a means of coping, the paper discusses how students appear to develop different degrees of emotional detachment and desensitisation towards racist behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wong\u2019s article is co-written with Meggie Copsey-Blake (a recent MA Education graduate) and Reham ElMorally (Teaching and Learning Project Officer in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development) \u2013 both at the University of Reading.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Dr. Wong\u2019s research, visit his staff profile page <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\">here<\/a><\/strong>. You can also follow him on Twitter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billybwong\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2021\/01\/25\/news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-and-his-colleague-dr-peter-kemp-principal-investigator-from-kings-college-london\/billy2-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/12\/billy2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wong, B., Copsey-Blake, M., &amp; ElMorally, R. (2022). Silent or silenced? Minority ethnic students and the battle against racism. <em>Cambridge Journal of Education<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/0305764X.2022.2047889\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/0305764X.2022.2047889<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Billy Wong\u2019s (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) latest research paper explores the experiences of minority ethnic students in UK higher education, especially their approaches to racism&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#99;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#47;&#50;&#48;&#50;&#50;&#47;&#48;&#52;&#47;&#49;&#53;&#47;&#110;&#101;&#119;&#115;&#45;&#110;&#101;&#119;&#45;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#45;&#112;&#97;&#112;&#101;&#114;&#45;&#98;&#121;&#45;&#100;&#114;&#45;&#98;&#105;&#108;&#108;&#121;&#45;&#119;&#111;&#110;&#103;&#45;&#97;&#115;&#115;&#111;&#99;&#105;&#97;&#116;&#101;&#45;&#112;&#114;&#111;&#102;&#101;&#115;&#115;&#111;&#114;&#45;&#105;&#110;&#45;&#119;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#110;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#45;&#112;&#97;&#114;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#105;&#112;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#45;&#117;&#110;&#105;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#115;&#105;&#116;&#121;&#45;&#111;&#102;&#45;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#45;&#111;&#110;&#45;&#109;&#105;&#110;&#111;&#114;&#105;&#116;&#121;&#45;&#101;&#116;&#104;&#110;&#105;&#99;&#45;&#115;&#116;&#117;&#100;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#115;&#45;&#98;&#97;&#116;&#116;&#108;&#101;&#45;&#97;&#103;&#97;&#105;&#110;&#115;&#116;&#45;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#105;&#115;&#109;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":3677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-blog-posts"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NEWS \u2013 New research paper by Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) on minority ethnic students\u2019 battle against racism published in Cambridge Journal of Education &#183; 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