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. 2021 Aug 4;10:e58971. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58971

Figure 2. The exam is the main contributor to the award gap in cell biology.

Figure 2.

Percentage of BAME and white students in each cohort (shown in Table 1) that were awarded good grades in cell biology for the final course mark in the (A) year 1–2 pathway and (B) year 3 study; and the exam and coursework components in the (C) year 1–2 pathway and in the (D) year 3 study. (E) Difference in the percentage of white and BAME students awarded a good mark (first or 2i) for each year of the cell biology course (data shown in A-D) based on the mean of all four cohorts or courses (means and SEMs are reported in Figure 2—source data 1). (F) Difference in mean proportion of good grades awarded to all white and BAME students at UCL in 2016, 2017 and 2018 for each year of study (years 1, 2 and 3). Total number of students that completed the course = 792; in the year 1–2 pathway = 344 (167 BAME, 177 white); in the year 3 study = 448 (205 BAME, 243 white). 22 students were excluded (12 due to unknown ethnicity; 10 did not complete the course).

Figure 2—source data 1. Source data for the final course, exam and coursework marks of white and BAME students in the year 1–2 pathway and year three study; and the grades for all UCL undergraduates that took year 1, 2 and 3 in either 2016, 2017 or 2018.