Former rector Aamer Anwar blasted university bosses following the publication of the report THE University of Glasgow has been labelled "institutionally racist" by a former rector. Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar believes the West End hub has ignored the concerns of students and failed to tackle discrimination on campus. Mr Anwar's accusations come after a report found half of ethnic minority learners had been racially harassed and staff from BAME backgrounds had suffered "coded forms" of abuse. Mr Anwar, who served as rector - one of the most senior posts at the university - between 2017 and 2020, said: "This report is a damning indictment of the failures of senior management to tackle racism to date.