Work revolving around the BME gap attainment has been conducted.  Some details of previous work from Higher Education is linked here.

There have also been previous events at Sheffield Hallam University:

• On the 7th of November 2012, Dr Gurnam Singh, National Teaching Fellow (University of Coventry) given a talk at a workshop titled: Reducing disparities in Black and Minority Ethnic Student student attainment – challenges and possibilities 
• On the 17th of October 2013, Professor Jacqueline Stevenson in a workshop titled: Enhancing the degree attainment of Black and Minority Ethnic students in higher education.