Marking the beginning of a new series of blogs called ‘Moments that Matter: Lessons in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’, we’ll be reflecting on examples around the world (both offline and online) of real, impactful, and meaningful change to share our learnings, reflections and best practices. Our first blog post of this insightful series will reflect on […]
Posts with the raceequality tag
RealTalk@City Webinar: White Leadership and Allyship – Performative Vs Co-Conspirator – Lessons Learnt
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
White Allyship: What it means to me
By Michael Jannetta So, you think you are a good white ally? To be a good white ally, we all have to do better. Too often do we hear ‘I treat everyone the same’, ‘I don’t see colour’ or ‘I am not racist’. It is not enough for white people to just say they’re not […]