Our 10-point anti-racism action plan
- Written byUniversity of the Arts London
- Published date 03 February 2021
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Naina Patel, Director of Human Resources and UAL's Race Champion, has lead a comprehensive consultation with staff and students as part of the further development of the university’s anti-racism plan. This follows our public statement on Black Lives Matter. We will soon be publishing a more detailed update following our extensive consultation phase.
We are not starting from scratch - many colleagues have worked on social justice and race-related interventions for a number of years.
Our process seeks to build on their initiatives, alongside ideas from staff, students, activists and Governors.
10-point action plan
We identified 10 ways to make swift progress on this issue, and these formed the basis of our consultation process:
- Visible accountability and allyship on race equality, to ensure role models, action and self-reflection
- Improve reporting, monitoring and resolution processes, to ensure zero tolerance for discrimination and harassment
- Align anti-racism strategy with UAL EDI strategy, to build on existing equality frameworks
- Anti-racism education across UAL, to confront individualised and systemic racism and privilege
- Disaggregate statistics and KPIs, to distinguish between ethnicities and prevent erasure of identity
- Increase the proportion of Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff, to create a more diverse workforce
- Increase the proportion of Black, Asian and minority ethnic students, to reach more people from priority groups
- Extend numbers of visiting Black, Asian and minority ethnic lecturers, to ensure consistent good practice
- Decolonising the curriculum, to address black and other cultures across all courses
- Resources for decolonising the curriculum, to invest in our learning and teaching collections
Coordinated effort and collaboration
Ultimately, the contribution of staff and students will result in an effective social justice & anti-racism strategy and action plan for UAL. Our Executive Board has pledged to be accountable for the success of that strategy.
We will not rest until UAL can truly call itself an anti-racist university.
