Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Welcome to the suite of web pages on the EDI services provided.‎‌‎ 

Contact the central EDI Team:

EDI Faculty Leads:

Principal’s message on inclusivity at the University:

‘As a truly international and world-class university, our ambition is to be a beacon of inclusivity. We will achieve this through an approach that empowers our whole community – through a combination of deliberate steps sponsored by the University’s leadership and a determined shift in culture that makes sure everyone is embraced, from students, academic and professional staff, to our alumni. Inclusivity will inform and affect policy and practice across the piece. We do this because it is right but also because diverse organisations work smarter, encourage innovation, and maximise the creativity that is fundamental to academic excellence.’

Links to key documents:

Equality Action Plans, Reports and Policies

Diversity Staff Networks and Profiles

Diversity recognition webpages:

Latest News:

Staff Networks Panel Event

‘In Celebration of UK National Day for Staff Networks’

12pm-1:30pm, Wed 10 May 2023.

Feedback: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy

Individual employee, student or group responses are welcome by 31 May 2023.

Angela Saini: Fighting racial myths

The biological meaninglessness of race and the inappropriation of science to support this flawed premise.  Friday 10 March 2023, 1:30pm to 3:00pm, Purdie Building, Lecture Theatre A

Race Equality Charter Student Survey - Day of Action.

Complete the Race Equality Charter survey and receive a hot drink at Rector's Cafe - free.  Wednesday 25 January 2023, 10:30am to 2:30pm, Students' Association

Poster: REC Student Survey Cafe (PDF, 804 KB)

Autism and anxiety – Wed 18 January 2023, 2pm to 4pm - online event by the Student Services Autism Group.

Saints Talk: Dr Bridget Bradley, Biosolidarity: Understanding the relationship between mental health labels and community activism - Tue 17 January 2023, 5:15pm to 6:15pm, online event.

All Staff and Student Race Equality Charter Survey

Open from 16 Nov to 16 Dec 2022.

Extended for students until 31 Jan 2023.

All Staff Student Race Equality Charter Survey 2022 Poster (PDF, 805 KB)

Statement on Antisemitism published: 27 Sep 2022.

University LGBTIQ+ Staff Role Model Members Update:

August 2022: A welcoming piece from Dr Rebekah Widdowfield (Vice-Principal, People and Diversity).

Being Non-Binary in a world of dichotomies: In conversation with Dianna E Anderson

Monday 11 July 2022, 17.00 to 18.00

Audience: Academic staff, PG research, PG taught, Professional staff, Research staff, Research supervisors, UG.

Join Avery Hawkins (they/them/their), Chair of University Wellbeing & Engagement Group, for an interview with Dianna E Anderson (they/them/their), author of 'Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity' and 'Problematic: How Toxic Callout Culture is Destroying Feminism', about what it can mean to be non-binary, how and where non-binary people can fit into trans and queer spaces, and to discuss their new book, 'In Transit: Being Non-Binary in World of Dichotomies'.

Toolkits:

Documents are provided in PDF and Word, to read PDF's a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded, also refer to webpages Adobe accessibility or Screen reading for visual impairments.