Challenging Racism Workshops

Working and teaching with Active Racial Awareness

At WMS we want to lead the way in tackling the awarding gap. We are training all of our staff and students in active racial awareness. The Challenging Racism workshop has been developed specifically for Warwick Medical School, so is relevant to the particular issues for medical students. It is for all staff, however you come into contact with students. Working together on this is the only way we are going to make an impact and provide a level playing field for all of our students.

Prof Kate Owen

Director of Medical Studies

Warwick Medical School

Who are these workshops for?

Challenging Racism workshops are aimed at any NHS or University staff who teach or interact with Warwick Medical School medical students. This includes medical, nursing and other allied professional clinicians and administration staff - if you meet our medical students face-to-face (or the online equivalent) in your NHS working/teaching capacity, then this workshop is for you.

You will learn about different types of racism and how to recognise them, and discuss ways of responding to racism. The workshops involve a taught component/presentation and a lot of time for discussion and questions.

Workshops need a minimum number of attendees to enable good discussions to take place. Workshops will be cancelled if there are 5 or fewer people registered.

Please read the published articles linked in the right-hand column before you arrive for the workshop.

Next available dates:

Friday 4th December 2026 10:00 - 12:00 ONLINE

Spring 2027 dates being arranged - please check back

Book a workshop place

Book a place a Challenging Racism workshop

Download the pre-course reading

Student perspectives on barriers to performance for black and minority ethnic graduate-entry medical students: a qualitative study in a West Midlands medical schoolLink opens in a new window
Link oStudent perspectives on barriers to performance for black and minority ethnic graduate-entry medical students: a qualitative study in a West Midlands medical schoolLink opens in a new window

Morrison N, Machado M, Blackburn C

'Where are you really from?’: a qualitative study of racial microaggressions and the impact on medical students in the UK. Link opens in a new window

Morrison N, Zaman T, Webster G, et al.