Race Equality Action Plan

Source: https://tools.sheffield.ac.uk/hr/race/race-equality-strategy-and-action-plan/ Parent: https://sheffield.ac.uk/inclusion

About the Race Equality Action Plan

Our Race Equality Action Plan (RESAP) was formally launched in March 2019 as the culmination of an immensely valuable partnership between students and staff at the University. It contained 5 institutional aims and 5 overarching objectives articulated as 37 actions. This page contains the second iteration of our RESAP.

Our objectives have not fundamentally changed but as we have made progress we have updated and clarified the actions to achieve each objective. Each action has a timeframe for an outcome and an assessment of that outcome. This remains a live document that is constantly under review and we, as always, welcome input from members of our community. The institution as a whole is accountable for the progress of the strategy and implementation of the action plan. We have ensured that the work involved is business as usual for the whole University, from admissions to outreach, from staff recruitment and promotion to student learning and teaching.

We will continue to welcome constructive and critical engagement and challenge in order to advance our strategy.

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Glossary


ACP	Academic Career Pathway
ACS	Accommodation and Commercial Services
APP	Access and Participation Plan
BAME	Language can influence how we perceive and categorise reality. Throughout our work, we use the acronym BAME to stand for people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic groups within the UK. We are aware of the profound limitations of this term as it groups together a wide range of people and their different lived experiences. As we monitor our progress on the actions, we will check to see if a particular ethnicity or ethnicities within our UK BAME community face distinct challenges that need to be recognised and addressed.
BAME PGR	Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Postgraduate Researchers
BAME PS	Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Professional Services
BNBR	Belief, No Belief and Religious
EDI	Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
EIA	Equality Impact Assessment
FVPE	Faculty Vice President of Education
GROW	The GROW programme is an annual cross-University mentoring scheme for professional services and technical staff.
HE	Higher Education
HEA	Higher Education Academy
HR	Human Resources
LLATS	Library Learning and Teaching Services
PGR	Postgraduate Researcher
PS	Professional Services
REC	Race Equality Charter
REDG	Race Equality Delivery Group
SAP	SAP is the name of the University’s staff and finance system
SRDS	Staff Review and Development Scheme
SREN	Staff Race Equality Network
ToR	Term of Reference
UEB	University Executive Board
UEB EDI	University Executive Board Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
UG	Undergraduate
VP	Vice President
VPE	Vice President of Education

The University of Sheffield is committed to securing, protecting and promoting freedom of speech and academic freedom within the law. Actions in this plan are governed by, and shall be implemented in accordance with, the University's Code of Practice of Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom.

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Ref.#	Action Point	Rationale	Progress	Responsible Stakeholders	Status