探花直播 of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen J Toope听joined in the call for universities to step up actions to safeguard staff and student welfare in the wake of a听听that showed one in five minority ethnic students had been subjected to racial harassment.
探花直播 of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen J Toope听joined in the call for universities to step up actions to safeguard staff and student welfare in the wake of a听听that showed one in five minority ethnic students had been subjected to racial harassment.
We are determined to nurture the right culture at Cambridge, and will intensify efforts to equip staff and students with the confidence to talk about race, and identify and challenge racism whenever they encounter it.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen J Toope
探花直播Vice-Chancellor听said: 鈥淭here is no place for racism or racial harassment of any kind at Collegiate Cambridge.
鈥淲e are determined to nurture the right culture at Cambridge, and will intensify efforts to equip staff and students with the confidence to talk about race, and identify and challenge racism whenever they encounter it.
鈥淲e will ensure all members of our community can access help when they need it, and know decisive action will be taken when behaviour falls short of what we expect.听
鈥淐ollegiate Cambridge is becoming increasingly diverse, with more than 25% of our student community drawn from BAME backgrounds. We have introduced decisive measures to promote and support diversity across our staff and student community.
鈥淏ut we must build on these to remain a place where all members of our community can thrive and feel safe, and supported to do their best work.
鈥淲e will continue to work closely with students and staff on how we can enhance our efforts to make Cambridge truly inclusive.鈥
This follows the publication yesterday of the Equality and Human Rights Commission report , which found students who experienced racial harassment were left feeling angry, upset, depressed, anxious and vulnerable with 8% expressing suicidal thoughts.
In , 探花直播 of Cambridge Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations听Professor Eil铆s Ferran described the 鈥榯he urgent need to address the issues university staff and students are facing鈥.听
Last academic year, the 探花直播 of Cambridge launched听a听听action plan听as part of its Race Equality Charter application that commits universities to improving the representation, progression and success of BAME staff and students.
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