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Cambridge University mentions "Global Majority" in job advert

Yet somehow the term is also a synonym for "under-represented"

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Charlotte Gill
Jun 13, 2024
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Having recently researched Cambridge University for another article (on international students), I’m starting to think it’s gone a bit nuts.

For instance, did you know that Bill and Melinda Gates fund 80 scholarships each year, the latest intake producing experts in areas such as:

Decolonial economics

Multidisciplinary decolonial feminism

Not only that but Cambridge is now adopting the term “global majority”, which I found in a job advert it posted for an Assistant Professor in Early Music (before 1700) (Fixed Term):

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