Equality and diversity
About Social Inclusion
Since inception Warwick has identified the need to increase access to higher education; the Social Inclusion Strategy is reimagining this original purpose.
We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that have prevented people from working, studying, and succeeding at Warwick and create a culture that truly thrives on difference.
We are pointing the way ahead on the this agenda and developing diverse and inclusive citizens and leaders for today and tomorrow. We are a university known for challenging conventions with tenacious curiosity and open-minded thinking, and our social inclusion work reflects this.
Learn about the vision for social inclusion at Warwick below:
Strategy
We launched the University’s Social Inclusion Strategy in August 2019 as a framework to deliver our ambition to to be recognised as best in class in our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion, for staff and students, and the communities and partners we work with.
People
A range of experts and dedicated staff and students across the University support our commitment to improving inclusion. The Social Inclusion team provide advice, guidance, and consultation, to teams across the University to ensure that inclusion is embedded in all of Warwick’s work.
Legislation
The Equality Act 2010 brought separate pieces of legislation into a single framework for tackling discrimination. The Act covers nine 'protected characteristics', outlines prohibited conduct, includes the Public Sector Equality Duty, and gives provisions for positive action.
Annual Report
The Social Inclusion Annual Report highlights the work that has been taking place across the University over the last year, and how it is helping us to meet our strategic objectives to increase the diversity of our staff and students, develop an inclusive culture, and be recognised as a leader in inclusion.
Our Dignity Principles set out our expectations of how we behave.
These principles facilitate an environment with the ability to voice ideas at its core, a place in which staff and students operate with mutual respect, with the confidence that equality of opportunity is accessible to all. These principles underpin our desire to give students and staff the best experience possible whilst studying and working here.