Race
Find out about Race equality at Queen Mary, including events, staff initiatives and student representatives.
Queen Mary, University of London is committed to the provision of equality of opportunity for all its students and staff. The College aims to create and maintain an appropriate environment in which all people can learn, work and interact freely without fear of discrimination, prejudice or harassment.
All students and staff of the College will be treated equitably and with dignity.
Queen Mary is committed to promote the diversity of its staff and student body.
News - B-MEntor Scheme
QM has partnered with leading London institutions to set a mentoring scheme where senior academics from the 5 institutions mentor Black and Ethnic Minorities (BME) academic staff. The scheme is in its pilot stage and will start in the academic year 2012-2013.
The partner institutions are Imperial College London, Institute of Education, King's College London and University College London.
For more information about the B-MEntor scheme, whether you would like to be a mentee or to mentor someone, please click here.
Cross Institutional Cross-Institutional Forum for Race Equality in Higher Education
Queen Mary took part in the inaugural Cross-Institutional Forum for Race Equality in Higher Education at King’s College on 31st January 2012.
Professor Gus John was the key note speaker and facilitator.
The report of the Foum is available here.
Staff initiatives:
Queen Mary does not currently have a staff network or forum for Black and Ethnic Minorities Staff but if you are interested in developing initiatives or if you have any queries please contact Bertille Calinaud
Student representatives
Every year a representative for Black and Ethnic Minorities Student is elected in the Student Union, please visit the student union website for more information:
http://www.qmsu.org/studentvoice/studentcouncil/