Living Black at University 25 4 ENVIRONMENT 4.0 Environment 25 4.1 The environment around 26 the accommodation 4.2 Representation 27 4.3 Decolonisation 29 4.4 Summary and key findings 29 Living Black at University 24 Black students are less likely than White students to be able to access culturally relevant services close to their accommodation, more likely to have expected there would be more people like them in their accommodation, and to agree that their accommodation needs to be decolonised. Students in the focus groups talked about the impact of poor representation in terms of Black peers and staff, and experiences of racial separation in the provision of their accommodation. 4.0 ENVIRONMENT Respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement with each statement on a 5-point scale, where 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree. I can easily access culturally relevant services like hair care, food and makeup close to where I live. I expected there to be more people that looked like me in my accommodation. My accommodation needs to be decolonised. 3.8 3.9 3.4 2.8 2.6 3.2 2.7 3.0 2.7 Mean average Mean White Mean Black/Black British Statement