Equality & Diversity initiatives enhancing teaching & learning at York

Katy Mann

Learning Enhancement Project

Learning Enhancement Project- ASO

To support staff and students in enhancing teaching and learning projects.

Project Officer-Academic Misconduct -Clare Wiggins

Project Officer- Academic Skills- Katy Mann Project Officer- Maths--Ant Edwards

Leader Enhancement Project Leader- Cecilia Lowe

Equality and Diversity Projects Widening Participation & Recruitment

Pre-arrival

Transition

Courses for staff

Courses for students

Widening Participation

Widening Participation Projects York meets its WP targets but is working

actively on projects to provide equal opportunities for very able students in very challenging contexts.

Year 12/13 skills projects Realising Opportunities Project Extended Project Residentials/ outreach schools & colleges Academic Skills, Searching for quality sources,

academic writing, referencing. PGWT & UG student facilitators

Pre-arrival VLE site for 4000 international students-

bloggers

Training welcome team/ STYCs / Head STYCS

Culture shock

Training PGWT-inclusivity

Ambassadors/ Facilitators-Cultural Diversity

22 departments transition sites

VLE content

Courses for students Culture shock workshops (10) co-run by

students, ISA/ GSA

Facilitators course York Award ( Cross-Cultural Competencies)

Tandem Exchange programme

Courses /workshops for staff PGWT residential/ bitesize Forum Bespoke training in liaison with other support

services e.g. Realising Opportunities Economics

New ideas/ projects

Peer cross- cultural buddying scheme from International ambassador list that meets for first ten weeks

Working with 6 universities to create resources to support international students pre-arrival.

Leadership course Int/home students

Lingua Franca- YSJ

Colleges celebrating diversity of cohorts