Invitation to participate in the Race Equality Student Survey
I would like to invite you to take part in Warwick’s race equality student survey. The Race Equality student survey is now live, running from Wednesday 4thNovember to Tuesday 24thNovember 2020 and form part of a wider piece of work towards an application for Advance HE’s Race Equality Charter.
The Race Equality Charter provides a nationally recognized framework through which institutions can self-reflect on barriers standing in the way of their minority ethnic students and staff, and develop initiatives and solutions to address any inequalities they discover. Overseen by the University's Race Equality Taskforce, our Race Equality Charter Self-Assessment Team are currently undertaking an evaluation of the institution and would welcome your input.
We want to hear from you on where you think our weaknesses lie and where we have strengths we can build upon. By completing the survey, you will help us to identify areas for improvement and ways to make those improvements. The more information you provide us with, the more we will understand where and how we need to improve so that we can address inequalities where they exist and break down barriers in the representation, progression, development and success of our current and future minority ethnic students and staff.
Everything you say in the survey will stay completely confidential. At no point will the information you provide be shared in a way that would allow you to be personally identified. For example, we don’t publish responses from group sizes <10, to make sure you can’t be identified if you are in a minority group, but you can be assured that your contribution will be included in the analysis. Any published material will be fully anonymized and all data will be held confidentially in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. Throughout the survey, you are invited to answer only the questions with which you are comfortable.
The survey is just one of the ways you can be involved and there will be regular communications over the next few months to keep you up to date with the work on this and to seek your input. If you would like any further information about our involvement in Advance HE’s Race Equality Charter in the meantime, please see our Race Equality Charter webpage or contact Catherine McStay on RECM@warwick.ac.uk.
The closing date for completing your race equality survey is Tuesday 24thNovember 2020.
Thank you for your support.
Prof Jo Collingwood,
Equality and Diversity Committee,
School of Engineering