We are the BME Campaign

Welcome! Cambridge can be an exhausting and alienating place to navigate for many Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) students - from a ‘pale, male, and stale’ curriculum which continues to reflect and reproduce structures of power that are historically rooted in colonialism, to racist Prevent legislation which singles out Muslim students for ‘counter-terrorism,’ to routine racial profiling at college gates by porters.

The BME Campaign supports, represents, and advocates for all BME students at the University of Cambridge. We are a part of the SU but maintain a high level of autonomy, managing our own budget and passing our own policies in order to represent the SU's BME members. We organise events to provide BME students with spaces for community-building, and political education; coordinate with J/MCR BME officers and societies to strengthen BME student representation across colleges and faculties; and campaign on the big issues that matter to BME students - everything ranging from the lack of targeted mental health support for BME students and racist treatment by student-facing staff, to the hyper-surveillance of Muslim students under the Prevent Duty and Cambridge's links with the arms trade and fossil fuel corporations.

After years of building and mobilising student support, the BME Campaign successfully secured dedicated representation for BME students on the full-time sabbatical officer team of the SU. If you self-ID as BME, then you can shape the work we do: come along to our forums and voted on issues, voice your opinions, and get involved in campaigns. We hope to see you soon!