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Call for volunteers: help improve racial equality at our University

The Race Equality Charter Self-Assessment team (REC-SAT) is seeking staff and student volunteers to help assist with the development of our University’s Race Equality Charter award submission.

The aims of the Race Equality Charter are closely aligned with our Strategic Plan for  Equality, Diversity and Incusion, as well as our developing University Strategy.

About the role(s)

As a member of the University’s REC-SAT or its associated working groups, you will:

  • help shape our submission for Advance HE’s Race Equality Charter award (due to be submitted July 2022)
  • help analyse data on race equality at our University
  • help develop and propose recommended actions that will make a real difference
  • Volunteers will be expected to attend a monthly meeting and allocate sufficient time to complete tasks – no more than 1-2 hours a week – until July 2022.

About you

Prospective volunteers should have a keen interest in improving racial equality, and a passion for their role at our University.

Please note: no previous experience of working on a charter is required in order to apply.

Register your interest

[For staff]

Before registering your interest, please discuss this opportunity with your line manager. You will need to agree the time needed to volunteer within the context of our current workload and working pattern. If you need support in these discussions, please email: [email protected]

[General instructions]

Staff and students looking to volunteer should draft a short paragraph (no longer than 200 words) detailing why they’re interested in this opportunity and the skills, experience and expertise that they’d bring to the team.

Completed paragraphs should be emailed to: [email protected] by 17:00 on Wednesday 1 December 2021.

Further information

You can find further information on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion SharePoint site.

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