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• Monitor regularly, equality report findings and review processes

and systems as necessary.

• Commitment by senior leaders to advance and embed race
equality at every level.

• Work with the local population to improve relationships with the
community.

• Have you got a Student Voice group or EDI Champions? This

group should be representative of the students in your school,

college or university and therefore encourage BAME students to
share their views on the running of their institution.

• Level the playing field for staff recruitment and promotion by

anonymising application forms, removing names and

universities attended (A disproportionate percentage of White
students go to Russell Group universities due to bias within the

recruitment processes).

• Review teaching and learning to provide a more inclusive
curriculum and experience.

• The curriculum should be made relevant to all students, related

to and using the students’ experiences. Areas such as reading
materials and theoretical input should include non-White, non-

Western perspectives.

• Fair marking practices should be implemented. This might

include: clear and transparent assessment guidelines; offering a
choice of assessments; providing exemplars of first-class

assignments. In addition, assignment briefs should always be

undertaken in the context of a discussion-based activity.

• Students should be provided with examples of good coursework
at different levels, given opportunities to mark themselves and

each other and be involved in designing induction programmes.

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