‘Not built for minorities to succeed’: black scientists on academia’s race problem

Three senior academics in medicine, chemistry and physics share their experiences and thoughts on how to improve underrepresentation

• Why are there still so few black scientists in the UK?

Dr Yolanda Ohene, 29, is a biophysicist at the University of Manchester. After an undergraduate degree in physics at Imperial College London she went on to research at masters level and co-founded Minorities in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), before starting her PhD at UCL.