BAME students now make up 20% of the UK HE student population. Yet they still do not stay progress and attain as well as their white counterparts. If we want our UK HE system to be truly inclusive we need to look into why this is happening and what we can do about it. This study aims to understand what our (BAME and white) students think/feel in their first few weeks at our university what the differences might be between BAME and white student reflections and what more can we do at our university to help and hinder their early journey into HE. This research is important because as Amos as cited in Bushby (2018) stated ‘we need to understand the barriers to BME student success so we can eliminate these gaps. We must ensure that students from all backgrounds can succeed.’ (p.1)
