Weekly newsletters 2022/23

We send weekly department newsletters for undergraduate and postgraduate students directly to your University email. View the newsletters we have sent so far in the 2022/23 academic year.

• View the archive of our 2021/22 newsletters.
• View the archive of our 2020/21 newsletters.
• View the archive of 2019/20 communications on the GSD Skills Moodle.

Anti-racist resources

• 10 Ted talks about racism.Link opens in a new window

• NUS Black Students’ Campaign is compiling a twitter thread including information about black history, protest information, and self-care.Link opens in a new window

• An article on the often-forgotten role of black workers and black struggles at the center of British trade union campaignsLink opens in a new window.

• A list of books on racial justiceLink opens in a new window available in the University of Warwick Library.

• Become familiar with and support important student activist groups at Warwick, particularly the Warwick Anti-Racism SocietyLink opens in a new window, Warwick Anti-Sexism SocietyLink opens in a new window (WASS) and Warwick OccupyLink opens in a new window. You can read WASS's powerful statement here.

• Write to your MPsLink opens in a new window to demand the UK stop selling teargas and rubber bullets to the US police forcesLink opens in a new window, to demand that the UK government responds to the report confirming that BAME people are more at risk of dying from COVID-19Link opens in a new window and to call for continued investigation into the death of Belly Mujinga, a railway ticket clerk who was spat on while working and who subsequently died from COVID-19Link opens in a new window.

• Join local organisations working to end racist policies, such as the hostile environment and PREVENT.

• You may want to think about raising money for and donating to these Black-led UK organisations working for racial justiceLink opens in a new window.

• The Anti-Racist EducatorLink opens in a new window: An initiative by students, teachers, and parents.

• The Black CurriculumLink opens in a new window: A social enterprise founded by young people in 2019 to address the lack of Black British in the UK Curriculum. Their free learning resources include 12 topics across Art History, Migration, Politics, and Land and Environment