Equality & Diversity initiatives
enhancing teaching & learning at
York
Katy Mann
Learning Enhancement Project
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Learning Enhancement Project- ASO
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To support staff and students in enhancing teaching and
learning projects.
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Project Officer-Academic Misconduct -Clare Wiggins
Project Officer- Academic Skills- Katy Mann
Project Officer- Maths--Ant Edwards
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Leader Enhancement Project Leader- Cecilia Lowe
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Equality and Diversity Projects
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Widening Participation & Recruitment
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Pre-arrival
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Transition
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Courses for staff
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Courses for students
Widening Participation
Widening Participation Projects
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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
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VLE site for 4000 international students-bloggers
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Training welcome team/ STYCs / Head STYCS
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Culture shock
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Training PGWT-inclusivity
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Ambassadors/ Facilitators-Cultural Diversity
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22 departments transition sites
VLE content
Courses for students
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Culture shock workshops (10) co-run by students, ISA/
GSA
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Facilitators course York Award ( Cross-Cultural
Competencies)
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Tandem Exchange programme
Courses /workshops for staff
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PGWT residential/ bitesize
Forum
Bespoke training in liaison with other support services
e.g. Realising Opportunities
Economics
New ideas/ projects
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Peer cross- cultural buddying scheme from International
ambassador list that meets for first ten weeks
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Working with 6 universities to create resources to
support international students pre-arrival.
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Leadership course Int/home students
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Lingua Franca- YSJ
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Colleges celebrating diversity of cohorts