The episode discusses various challenges and critical perspectives within higher education, particularly concerning racism, diversity, and the impact of neoliberalism. Several sources highlight how systemic racism, deeply embedded in institutional and structural systems, perpetuates disadvantages for Black, Asian, and minority ethnic individuals, including students and staff, often through deficit perspectives, stereotypical prejudices, and the underrecognition of their experiences. The concept of intersectionality, originating from Black feminist scholars, is presented as crucial for understanding how multiple marginalised identities converge. Furthermore, the texts examine the corporatisation of higher education, driven by neoliberal ideologies that prioritise economic efficiency, leading to a two-tier faculty system with precarious employment and the alienation of academic labour. Some sources also explore resistance strategies, such as critical race theory's activist dimension and Marxist critiques of alienation, alongside the specific challenges faced by multiracial students navigating monoracial institutional structures and Muslim students confronting interest-based loan systems.