The Centre thought it important to have a Race Equality Statement relating to the research, evaluation and knowledge exchange work undertaken in the Centre as well as teaching, supervision, and other activity. 

The statement places ‘anti-racism’ as an aim rather than a met objective.  Racism acts through structures and institutions as well as individuals. Even when all individuals in an institution are not consciously racially prejudiced, systems, policies and processes can result in segregation, marginalisation, and discrimination.  Staff felt that the statement needed to acknowledge this. Given that this was a race equality statement, staff felt that racism needed to be clearly foregrounded rather than placed alongside other dimensions of inequity. However, we also wanted to include an acknowledgement of how racism intersects with other dimensions of inequity.

You can download the full statement here (DOCX, 18KB), a full list of sources can also be downloaded here (DOCX, 20.5KB).