1. An Institutional Approach to Embedding Race Equality in the Curriculum
Andrea Cameron and James Nicholson

2. Institutional Context
University’s mission to widen access
Strategic decision to internationalise the curriculum
Leadership – a willingness to address issues of equity and fairness
Race Equality Charter Mark
SAT – drawn from across the University/and grades
Survey and focus groups with BME staff and students
Analysis of Student and Staff data
Recognising and owning our deficiencies
Action planning and commitment
Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum project

3. Scoping Exercise
pockets of good practice dependent on subject discipline;
a sense from some staff that “we already do all of this”
a belief that students were being exposed to a multicultural range of theorists within some disciplines;
sensitivities eg. concerns about causing offence;
limited diversity of the current population potentially limiting cultural exposure in the classroom;
opportunities for student mobility but some underutilisation

4. Post-scoping objectives
develop continuing professional development (CPD) activity for staff to enable the delivery of an inclusive pedagogy
provide staff development opportunities that will foster the 4Cs: namely, Confidence; Capability; Competence; Capacity
examine student mobility and employability pre- and post- graduation
evaluate the student experience.

5. Staff development

6. Resources TLE seminars NetTLE HR training packages Lead Voices network
Case studies of good practice
HEA resources to support the Equality standard at programme level (understanding, developing, enhancing, excelling).
Mentor networks
Next steps – roll out training, recruit mentors/champions, publish resources/case studies; use ILR/QR to map progress on EEDC/student mobility.

7. Attracting Diversity SFC objectives Outcome agreements
Work with ECR and programme leads
barriers are often reinforced by the complex processes of social reproduction (Bourdieu 2010; Leese 2010) that ensure that many feel that higher education is “not for the likes of us”.
Work on imagery/marketing/promotion materials

8. How would you approach embedding equality and diversity in your own institutions' curricula?