FEATURED APPEARANCES & INTERVIEWS

 

MORNIN’ BARBADOS

I appeared on a special segment of Barbados’ equivalent of Good Morning Britain - Mornin’ Barbados - to talk with host Trisha Hinds about why I wrote The Racial Code and it’s relevance to race relations in the UK.

In conversation with professor troy lorde, Barbados

In November 2023, I spoke with Professor Troy Lorde (Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus) about The Racial Code and our lack of progress in debating and advancing racial justice in the UK. We talked “coconuts”, the complaint to OfCom against Channel 4’s Jon Snow and being “superficially Black”.

BBC POLITICS LIVE

In October 2022, I appeared as a panellist on BBC Politics Live along with Conservative Tim Laughton MP, Labour’s Stella Creasy MP and the Conservative commentator Albie Amankona. We debated whether Rishi Sunak’s appointment as Prime Minister signalled that race was no longer a barrier to progress. I also talked about my book The Racial Code.

 

the school that tried to end racism

I was an expert advisor, along with fellow academic Professor Rhiannon Turner, on this two-part documentary which aired on Channel 4 in Summer 2020. IT follows a group of 11- & 12-year-olds as they explore their racial bias and take part in a series of activities to improve their understanding of race and racism. The documentary won a series of awards including:

  • Winner, BAFTA (Reality & Constructed Factual, June 2021)

  • Winner, Rose d’or Award (Category: Reality & Factual Entertainment, October 2020)

  • Winner, Japan Prize 2020 (The Japan Foundation President’s Prize, October 2020)

  • Winner, MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards (Category: Race & Ethnicity, non-scripted, October 2020)

 

Interviews

Minority Rights Group, July 2022

‘Why is it we’re still faced with these same challenges?’ – the problem of racial inequality in academia’ Professor Nicola Rollock in conversation with Alice Tofts

Financial Times, March 2020

Academics’ hard-won success comes against the odds, Emma Jacobs

 
 

Open Democracy, May 2017

British academia's colourblind problem: an interview with Dr Nicola Rollock

Recordings

 

With Martin Forde KC

Channel 4 news interview about frank hester’s alleged comments about diane abbott

I appeared with Martin Forde KC on Channel 4 news as part of a special feature on racism and politics following Tory donor Frank Hester’s alleged comments about MP Diane Abbott. We were interviewed by journalist Jackie Long.


Evidence to the Women & Equalities Select Committee

Racial harassment in higher education - May 2022

I gave evidence to the Select Committee about the experiences of Black and minority ethnic academics in higher education. Evidence was also taken from Professor David Richardson (VC, University of East Anglia), Dr Arun Verma (AdvanceHE) and Larissa Kennedy (NUS President).

Phenomenal Women: Black Female Professors (part of the Inside Out Series)

London Southbank Centre - October 2020

I was in conversation with the journalist Liv Little, the founder of gal-dem, in a streamed event recorded exclusively for London Southbank Centre.

I discussed the Phenomenal Women exhibition, the barriers faced by Black female scholars, the implications of the lack of Black women in academia and why it matters along with Professor Funmi Olonisakin, Vice-President and Vice-Principal International and Professor of Security, Leadership and Development at King's College London, and Professor Tracey Reynolds, Professor of Sociology at the University of Greenwich.