Race Equality Charter progress and timeline
A record of the work completed to date and our committed timeline for future work in below:
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| March 2022 | Race Equality Charter Membership confirmed |
| September 2022 | Sheree Jonas, Race Equality Officer appointed |
| December 2022 | Race Action Group established with Terms of Reference |
| January 2023 |
1st meeting of the Race Action Group New Student Report and Support System |
| February 2023 | Launch of University Race Action Plan, and 2nd meeting of Race Action Group |
| March 2023 | AdvanceHE and Race Action Group meeting |
| April 2023 |
4th meeting of the Race Action Group and agreed timeline for submitting application as 29 November 2023 New Bystander and Microaggressions training for staff |
| May 2023 | 5th RAG Meeting and 4 working groups identified |
| July 2023 |
7th RAG meeting and working groups expressions of interest shared with all staff New 'Lets Talk about Race in the Workplace' elearning training for all staff |
| August 2023 |
8th RAG meeting and membership of working groups confirmed Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Staff Network 2023/24 Academic year First meeting |
| September 2023 |
Race Action Group and Working Group members attend AdvanceHE "Understanding Race and Racism: a programme for Leaders and Change Agents" 3x Working Group first meetings |
| October 2023 | New elective Cultural Awareness training |
| November 2023 | 11th RAG meeting and progress updates from each working group with key actions. |
| January 2024 | 13th RAG meeting and issues/priorities updates and discussion from working groups. Draft survey reviews and dicussion. |
| February 2024 | Staff REC Survey launch and promotion |
| March 2024 |
Mid-Term progress review with AdvanceHE Race Action Group follow up conversations to training on AdvanceHE "Understanding Race and Racism: a programme for Leaders and Change Agents". Student REC Survey launch and promotion and World Cafe events |
| April 2024 |
Executive and Senior Leaders attend AdvanceHE "Understanding Race and Racism: a programme for Leaders and Change Agents". Student and staff WorldCafe footfall stands. Race Council Cymru CodiCymru exhibition at Arts Centre |
| May 2024 | 16th RAG meeting with final Working Group reports and REC application writing phase |
| July 2024 | REC application draft circulated for RAG and working groups review and feedback |
| 7 August 2024 | Draft of University’s REC application to be submitted to Advance HE for External Developmental Review |
| 29 November 2024 | Aberystwyth University REC Bronze Award application sent to AdvanceHE |