Giving Compass' Take:

• Students and administrators are calling for the government and universities to take action against racism on campus that hurts students of color. 

• What steps can institutions take to prevent racist behavior on campus? How can students work to support each other and fight racism? 

• Universities in the U.S. have also faced criticism over racism on campus, click here to read more. 

Universities are more concerned about their reputations than confronting the racist abuse of students, the National Union of Students president has said.

Shakira Martin told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme she received calls from students reporting racist incidents on a daily basis.

Former Universities Minister David Lammy said incidents needed to be cracked down on "very aggressively".

Universities UK said there was no place for racism on a university campus.

There are no overall figures for the number of racist incidents at universities, but a report by the NUS in 2011 found one in six black students had experienced racism at their institution.

But the NUS president said the real number could be a lot higher, as racism was one of the biggest issues black and other ethnic minority students were facing on campus.

Read the full article on universities failing to confront racism by Ashley John-Baptiste and Louis Lee-Ray at BBC.