Race Equality and Allyship
Committing to race equality and allyship through our learning, engagement and research.
Events and Activities
In October, Newcastle University celebrated the achievements of people with African and Caribbean heritage as part of Black History Month. Some of these events are highlighted below. They took place in the Schools of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) and English Literature, Language and Linguistics (SELLL), as part of the Newcastle University Insights Public Lecture series and through our Vital North Partnership.
Vital North Partnership
Witness Literature: In Conversation with Beverley Naidoo - an event organised by Vital North Partnership, a strategic alliance between Seven Stories: The National Centre for Children's Stories and Newcastle University that aims to engage children and young people.
Podcast: Whose Stories?
Listen to the Seven Stories podcast that focuses on diversity and representation in children’s books and the role that literary archives play in documenting and probing this pressing issue.
Race Equality Charter and Network
Newcastle University is a member of the Race Equality Charter (REC). Read more about the charter and the Newcastle University Race Equality Network (NU-REN), a university-wide network open to all staff members and postgraduate research students who self-identify as belonging to a minoritised background on the grounds of ethnicity.
Race Equality
Read more about Newcastle University's action on racial inequality and the Race Equality Charter (REC).
Newcastle University Race Equality Network (NU-REN)
NU REN is a university-wide network that represents and amplifies the voices across our campus community who self-identify as belonging to a minoritised group on the grounds ethnicity.