Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We're working to continuously embed and improve equality, diversity and inclusion, for our students and colleagues, to help create a fairer, more inclusive community.
We value transparency, integrity and fairness in all aspects of our work. This underpins our research, teaching, and everything we do.
The Business School aims for long-term commitment towards improved social justice. We aim to achieve this through:
- radical kindness
- empathy
- openness
- collaboration
- collegiality
Our work to foreground improved equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at the School is anchored by:
- an academic director of equality, diversity and inclusion
- professional services co-chairs
- a working group of over 30 academic and professional services colleagues
- a consultation group of undergraduate and postgraduate students
The Director of EDI is a member of the school executive board. They also attend other school committees and boards of studies to ensure EDI remains a focus.
We hold induction sessions for new colleagues and students to share the School's EDI commitments.
Our aims
Through our work, we aim to:
- address equality and diversity within the School, fostering and sustaining a culture that is inclusive and supportive for everyone
- take action to eliminate discrimination
- embed the values of EDI across the School through accessible education and research
- take action to eliminate barriers that hinder advancement for our colleagues and students
This work delivers strategic oversight of policy, process and action across equality, diversity and inclusion. It takes into account the nine characteristics protected in UK law and their intersections.
What we're doing
We are working towards our goals through:
- leadership and visibility. EDI is embedded across governance and management throughout the School
- learning and awareness-raising. This includes events to celebrate different faith holidays, and activities in support of understanding and reducing inequality by gender, race and sexuality
- reviewing our student and staff recruitment practices. This includes work to encourage gender balance in accounting and economics
- diversifying and decolonising curricula and research. This includes expanding access to voices from a greater range of perspectives
- ensuring parity of esteem and respect between colleagues with different academic contributions and with professional services colleagues who enable academia to run effectively
Gender equality
The School is part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS).
The Faculty holds a Silver Athena Swan Charter award. This award recognises our Faculty's ongoing commitment to developing an inclusive culture.
