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People and Culture, People and Culture

Celebrating Sukkot with our Jewish community

Building of a sukkah at our Colchester Campus and finding out more about our Jewish Student Society

Natalie Heath, Professor Sanja Bahun

21 November 2024

Professor Graham Underwood is our Inclusion Champion for Age, Sex, Gender, Pregnancy and Maternity, Marriage and Civil Partnership. Here, he tells us more about how he's planning to be an ally for women and highlights the importance of November's Men’s Health Awareness Month.

Professor Graham Underwood

19 November 2024

Professor John Preston

07 November 2024

Professor John Preston is our new Inclusion Champion for Muslim staff and students. He tells us more about this new role at the University.

Professor John Preston

02 October 2024

With UK pharmacies struggling to source the medication people need to manage their ADHD, our Inlcusion Manger, Karen Bowlby, shares some of the tools and coping strategies that have helped her.

Karen Bowlby

02 July 2024

We have a strong commitment to EDI, and we remain committed to promoting a culture of belonging as well as fostering a community that is inclusive of a range of difference voices, views and ideas within the law.

Elaine Brown

23 April 2024

I always knew I didn’t quite fit in to the world and its norms, but it wasn’t until late 2021, when I watched the Christine McGuinness documentary Unmasking My Autism, that I could relate to somebody else’s experience.

Rachel Watson

21 March 2024

Our commitment to reducing our gender pay gap is unwavering as we nurture our commitment to supporting every person in our university community to achieve their full potential, and reducing our pay gaps continues to remain an institutional priority.

Professor Maria Fasli, Elaine Brown

20 March 2024

There are so many ways to describe how I felt when I first realised I was neurodiverse– relief and determination being two of the key components.

Cerys Somers

20 March 2024

We should all work with Muslims within our community to support our students and staff during the Ramadan.

Andrew Keeble

07 March 2024

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People and Culture, People and Culture

Celebrating Sukkot with our Jewish community

A message from our Inclusion Champion

Islamophobia Awareness Month

Our new Inclusion Champion

Thriving with ADHD

EDI Annual Report

My ASD diagnosis

2024 Gender Pay Gap Report

Realising I was neurodiverse

Being inclusive during Ramadan