By Tom Glynn (Senior EDI Officer (Charters and Data)) with Q&A contributions by Ruth Windscheffel (Panel speaker, Senior Lecturer Education Development, Deputy Director of the RISES Programme and Co-Chair of the Student subgroup on the Race Equality Charter Self-Assessment Team) [LINK TO RECORDED WEBINAR – COMING SOON!] In November 2021, City’s EDI team launched […]
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Holding space for equity – the journey of City’s Student Support Services EDI Working Group
By Tom Glynn, Senior EDI Officer (Charters and Data) Before joining the EDI team at City, I was part of Student Support Services. As a manager of a front facing team supporting students, facilitating and encouraging open conversations around equality, diversity and inclusion was paramount to the successful delivery of the service and the development […]
Black History Month at City and the ground reality
By Sabah Holmes, Race Equality Manager (Maternity Cover till 03rd January 2022) We started Black History Month (BHM) with a Diversify Your Mind (DYM) club event at City on Radical Self-Care, learning more about it, its value and its roots in Black Feminism. We learnt about all the ways in which this is still […]
Poem: Reflections from a student and woman of colour who chose to challenge.
By Shaima Dallali, City, University of London Students Union Vice President (Community Wellbeing) I sat and asked myself what ‘choosing to challenge’ means to me. Upon reflection, I came to the conclusion that the mere fact that I am a woman, is a choice to challenge. My existence in and of itself, is a […]
Re-imagining Higher Education: What of Joy?
By Natasha Mutch-Vidal, Senior EDI Officer (Race Equality) For black people and people of colour, teaching and education is a political act rooted in antiracist struggle[1]. Our ancestors risked death finding ways to communicate while our knowledge and history was strategically erased. Our survival has been dependant on our ability to pass down knowledge. […]