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• Publicise any networks or alliances you have with BAME

organisations and businesses as well as organisations known
for being inclusive. Publicise any charities you support as well.

• Train up your students to be interpreters at key events.

• Mark key events that celebrate BAME cultures and

achievements, such as Black History Month, Gypsy, Roma and
Traveller History Month. Ask students to help plan events and

activities to educate others. Consider inviting in guest speakers

to share their experiences.

• Invest in software such as Browsealoud to make your website
accessible and more inclusive of those for whom English is an

additional language. It allows the reader access to easy read
documents, audio translations and translations into multiple

languages.

• Have your students enrolled on the right course for them? Do
your admission processes liaise with FE to engage students

onto the right pathway?

• Publicise any networks or alliances you have with BAME

organisations and businesses as well as organisations known
for being inclusive. Publicise any charities you support as well.

• Publicise diverse role models on your website and in all
marketing literature. People need to be able to see people like

them doing well in education and beyond. Promote the fact

that many BAME students attend university.

• Only a small percentage of BAME people go to Russell Group

universities: This is often due to unconscious bias at the

interview stage rather than a lack of ability. Be mindful of this.
Does your careers guidance allow BAME students to visit such

universities? Rather than thinking “would they fit in there?”,

ask “what unique ideas, skills and abilities could they bring to
the university?”

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