Loughborough University's Race Equity Timeline

2010

Respecting Diversity mandatory training at the University is reworked to better include race and LGBT+ matters

Unconscious Bias courses are developed at the University in line with Athena Swan

Anti-racism module incorporated into the Ready, Set, Loughborough initiative for new students

In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, a range of support initiatives are launched at the University, including:
- A compassionate leave policy for BAME staff experiencing race-based stress
- Additional funding provided to offer specific BAME counselling for staff
- A change in the Mitigating Circumstances policy for students took away the requirement for supporting evidence if they were experiencing race-based stress
The Careers Network launches the Future Black Talent Programme
Alumnus Mike Wedderburn interviews members of the University’s Senior Leadership Team about their commitment to tackling racial inequality

The first Race Equity Town Hall event takes place in October 2021
Loughborough University signs up to the Halo Code
Students invited to take part in survey and focus groups to discuss Race Equality at Loughborough
The CARE x Citizens UK anti-racist leadership training begins
University endorses the Race Equality Charter Action Plan
The BAME Staff Network produces the 10 Race Equity Guiding Principles
The BAME Student Council and Doctoral Researcher Consortium are launched to contribute to the race equity agenda at Loughborough
The University’s Race Equality Charter application is submitted

Loughborough University is awarded with the REC Bronze Award
The first Pro Vice-Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is appointed to the University
The University publishes information about its Race Pay Gap
The first EDI Officer (Race Equity Specialism) and EDI Coordinator appointed

The EDI Operational Board is established
The EDI Committee is established
The first Black in Sport Summit takes place in March
The first BAME staff network conference takes place in June
The first African/Caribbean celebratory event is hosted by the BAME staff network
Denise Coles is voted as University Staff Member of the Year at the Loughborough Experience Awards for her EDI officer role
The first CITHEI conference takes place in July
Professor Sheryl Williams is appointed as Professor
Denise Coles is appointed as EDI Manager
Veronica Moore is appointed as EDI Director

A partnership is established with The Race Equality Centre (TREC) in Leicester
The first anti-racism collaboration event at Loughborough Town Hall brought together University staff and students with local organisations
Veronica Moore (Director of EDI) has joined the University Executive Board to provide strategic EDI input (whilst the Pro-Vice Chancellor for EDI role is vacant)
An anti-racist working group is established as part of EDI governance structures
Richard Taylor (Chief Operating Officer) and Veronica Moore (Director of EDI) are appointed as University Leadership Group sponsors for REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) Staff Network
The EDI Core plan is approved – including specific targets for improving race equity
Rakhee Patel, EDI Officer for Sex, Gender and Sexual Orientation, is nominated for a Vice Chancellor’s Award in EDI Enhancement
Professor Sheryl Williams, alongside colleagues from EDI Services, Access and Participation and Student Success Academy, are nominated for a Vice Chancellor’s Award for Enhancing the Student Academic Experience for pioneering a positive intervention programme to address the ethnicity degree awarding gap