Foundations in Racial Equity at Warwick
Recruiting: Project Leadership & Team Members
We are looking for students and staff members who might be interested in taking this project to the next level. Reach out via
About the Project
This project, now renamed "Foundations in Racial Equity at Warwick," seeks to enhance equity and inclusion at the University by redeveloping an established anti-racism training package. Originally designed for and mandated to medical students since the 2021/22 academic year, this induction training has now evolved.
The project aims to broaden the existing training by extending foundational anti-racism education to the entire student body, thereby fostering a more inclusive campus environment. Building on the strong foundation established through collaboration between 26 students and staff members, the team has tailored the content to ensure its relevance for a wider Warwick audience. Additionally, new technologies have been incorporated to make the training more interactive. You can access the training via the link: https://warwick.ac.uk/racialequityLink opens in a new window
Project Aims
- To support our mission of promoting a culture of inclusion and success for all students at Warwick by making an existing resource available to a wider audience (launch September 2024), co-created by a diverse team of 7 students from different disciplinary backgrounds and faculties, levels of study and prior professional/personal experience.
- Through student co-creation, we aim to make it more interactive, accessible and engaging, and tailored to the varied needs of Warwick's diverse student body, providing a jumping-off point for students regardless of their level of study or prior knowledge
- By doing the groundwork on this training, we aim to create space and opportunities for new leadership (students and staff) to further develop this & other new much-needed student training relating to matters of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Justice.
Project Team
The core project team comprises 7 student co-leads and 4 staff co-leads / support team members. The extended team of project stakeholders that staff and students with subject-level expertise from a range of Academic Departments, Professional Services, the Students Union and student stakeholders for the pilot. They have built upon the work of a group of 26 staff and students who collectively created the original version of the AR Foundational training that was launched in WMS in 2021/2 academic year.
Meet some of our team:
Richard Clay: Staff Co-Lead (WMS)
Hannah Thein: Staff Co-Lead: (WMS)
Karoline Schneider: Staff Executive Support (EPQ/PAIS)
Abigail Thring: Student Co-Lead (UG, Life Sciences)
Eliza Simons: Student Co-Lead (UG, Sociology)
Kamo Majingo: Student Co-Lead (PGT, WBS)
