Race equality
We are committed to becoming an actively anti-racist institution.
As an education provider and leading employer in Cardiff, we have a responsibility – legal, ethical, intellectual and emotional – to be inclusive and to encourage diversity of thought and action.
While we have made progress in fostering an anti-racist ethos, we acknowledge that we are still on a journey. We approach this path with openness and a commitment to learning. Every member of our community plays a vital role in ensuring that the experiences of all staff and students align with our collective aspirations.
We have taken several important steps to improve our understanding and to widen access for under-represented communities. These include the following activities:
- invited Professor Dinesh Bhugra to return to the university, to review our progress on issues of race equality, following the independent review that he led in 2017. His report recognised the extent of progress made and the breadth and quality of work undertaken, and provided recommendations for improvement, which we have accepted in full
- recruited the Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, a new post which reports directly to the Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and leads, coordinates and supports the delivery of EDI and Anti-Racism activities across the University
- established the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism Hub, a dedicated team responsible for developing and coordinating the Strategic Equality Plan and pursuing external Charter Marks to enhance the institution's commitment to inclusivity and equity
- addressing the awarding gap for Black, Asian and minority-ethnic students as part of the ‘Inclusive Education’ project
- collaboration with the Cowrie Scholarship Foundation to provide scholarships for financially disadvantaged Black British students
- joined the Citizens Cymru/Wales Community Jobs Compact, to improve the diversity of our staff recruitment and to enable our staff to progress and develop in a supportive environment
- launched the ‘Talking Anti Racism’ series, where our academic experts collaborate with specialist guest speakers to open up important discussions on racism
- collaboration with the Brilliant Club in delivering Cardiff Parent Power by empowering a community of parents and guardians to make changes to support their children’s future and to ensure their children have a fair chance in education and their future careers
- became a supporting organisation of Race Alliance Wales and signing Race Council Cymru’s Zero Racism Wales pledge
- recognised as a University of Sanctuary, dedicated to fostering a safe and welcoming environment to sanctuary seekers
- co-delivered anti-racism training for senior leaders and managers
- launched the Report and Support tool, as part of a recommendation from Advance HE to improve reporting of racial harassment incidents
- awarded the Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, in recognition of our progress in understanding and tackling the issues faced by Black, Asian and minority ethnic community
We are committed to an open, transparent, and constructive dialogue on racism, as well as equity, diversity, and inclusion in a broader context. We also recognise the critical importance of intersectionality in these discussions and will actively seek to address these vital issues.
This page will be updated regularly to chart our progress. Those with an interest in learning more about our work in this area should get in touch: