What is Prince of Peckham University ? Black History Walks has teamed up with the Prince of Peckham pub to offer high quality, educational talks by Black academics on a variety of subjects. Prince of Peckham is a black-owned venue offering high quality food, drink and entertainment. Black History Walks runs walks, talks, films, river cruises, helicopter and steam train tours on London’s Black history. All of our speakers hold doctorates, are Phd students or authors How to deal with systemic racism in Academia and at the BFI (British Film Institute) Following the unlawful killing of George Floyd (May 2020 in the USA) many UK higher education leaders and corporate CEOs made:

• Well-meaning proclamations to decolonise the curriculum
• Have stated to somehow close the ethnicity attainment and pay gaps
• Have targeted equality, diversity and inclusion as a prioirty once again

Recent data shows how UK Higher Education Institutions are becoming more ehtnically diverse and yet..disproportionately lower numbers of BAME staff (compared to non BAME staff)

• Have permanent contracts
• Hold senior leadership positions and are on higher level pay bands (AdvanceHE 2021)

The BFI executive management team did not have any Black staff on it up to 2021.The BFI was set up in 1933. Since 2020 there has been only one Black person on the executive despite claims from the BFI CEO in 2020 that it is ‘anti-racist’ and that ‘People of colour are underrepresented across the organisation’.