At the University of Lincoln and within all our programmes, we value, welcome and support difference and diversity in all its forms. We respect each other and this helps to create an inclusive environment, where both staff and students can work and study together without fear of experiencing bullying, harassment, victimisation or discrimination. Discrimination and hate in any form are not tolerated.
About the Committee
Students across all programmes, at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Postdoctoral levels,
interested in collaborating with the REEC/EDI are welcome. To find out more, please contact either the EDI Student Committee/SEDIC (sedichh@lincoln.ac.uk) or the EDI
Co-Chairs for the School of Humanities and Heritage, Dr Erin Bell and Dr Laura Gill.
Our commitment is to:
- Provide a forum of discussion for students and staff to identify, discuss, and report
EDI issues and concerns. - Provide a forum to identify, celebrate and share best EDI practice.
- Promote, monitor and maintain EDI as a standing item and overarching priority in
all our activities and agendas. - Develop and implement an EDI strategy for the School that aligns with the CoA
and UoL’s widest aims and commitments, including ‘One Community’, Athena
SWAN, LEAP, the Race Equality Charter and the Respect Charter. - Share information about policies, initiatives and principles of Equality, Diversity
and Inclusion among staff, students and external contacts. - Encourage and promote extra-curricular and outreach activities for staff and
students that engage with EDI issues - Embed EDI principles in our teaching and learning practice and in our curriculum
development. - Share EDI practices, experiences and challenges with other EDI committees both within and outside the UoL.
Decolonising @ Lincoln
The EDI committee actively supports (and most of its members have been involved in) the ‘Decolonising @ Lincoln’ project, which is separate from EDI.
Further Information
- The University of Lincoln’s Respect Charter is available here: https://cpb-euw2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/dist/7/8237/files/2019/09/The-RespectCharter-May-19.pdf.
- In 2029/20, as part of their Welcome Week activities, our Level 1 students jointly created
and voted for their own Respect Charter. - For more information about previous activities led by REEC, which include the
organisation of events for Black History Month, funding schemes open to students to
pursue projects that relate to the EDI agenda, and more please see:
https://history.lincoln.ac.uk/2020/02/11/race-ethnicity-and-equality-committeelaunch/ and the blog: https://history.lincoln.ac.uk/blog/