Diversity

We will …

Sustain a talented and diverse student and staff community and support all students to achieve at the highest level

We will achieve this by …

• Setting clear and ambitious targets and developing plans to enhance support for all learners, including Widening Participation, BAME and Part-Time students
• Diversifying our overseas student population
• Embedding diversity and equality aspects in all enhancement and policy activity
• Ensuring our information provision and communication with students is inclusive

 

Case study: BAME History Undergraduate Student Report In 2017, the Director of Student Experience and three undergraduate students from the Department of History produced the BAME History Undergraduate Student Report. It was a collaborative report which focused specifically on the experiences, as captured through qualitative and quantitative data, of students of colour in the Department of History. Read more ...

Attributes

We will …

Enable our students to develop attributes to facilitate their future success:

• Analytical
• Critical
• Collaborative
• Resourceful
• Ambitious
• Adaptable
• Inclusive

We will achieve this by …

• Engaging all our students in a range of opportunities within and outside of the curriculum to develop Warwick Graduate attributes
• Regular review of our programmes and extra-curricular provision of learning opportunities for relevance and development of our graduate attributes

 

Community and Global

We will …

Develop graduates and postgraduates who are community-minded, enterprising, inclusive and global in outlook, and able to make a positive social contribution

We will achieve this by …

• Encouraging engagement with volunteering, community, and regional activities
• Celebrating the diversity of our international community on campus, and providing opportunities for students to engage with each others' cultures
• Addressing community and global outlook aspects in curriculum development where appropriate
• Facilitating student social enterprise
• Developing the positive advantages of global understanding through Welcome Week
• Celebrating achievement in the Outstanding Student Contribution Awards (OSCAs)

 

Case study: Welcome Week September 2018 saw the introduction of the University of Warwick’s inaugural Welcome Week. This development is a response to years of student feedback; calling for additional time to settle in, transition to University life, and to better understand what a degree, the Students’ Union, and University has to offer. Read more ...