Equality & Diversity initiatives enhancing teaching & learning at York

1. Equality & Diversity initiatives enhancing teaching & learning at York Katy Mann Learning Enhancement Project

2. Learning Enhancement Project- ASO • To support staff and students in enhancing teaching and learning projects. • Project Officer-Academic Misconduct -Clare Wiggins • Project Officer- Academic Skills- Katy Mann • Project Officer- Maths--Ant Edwards • Leader Enhancement Project Leader- Cecilia Lowe

3. Equality and Diversity Projects • Widening Participation & Recruitment • Pre-arrival • Transition • Courses for staff • Courses for students

4. Widening Participation

5. Widening Participation Projects • 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

7. Pre-arrival • VLE site for 4000 international students-bloggers • Training welcome team/ STYCs / Head STYCS • Culture shock • Training PGWT-inclusivity • Ambassadors/ Facilitators-Cultural Diversity • 22 departments transition sites

8. VLE content

9. Courses for students • Culture shock workshops (10) co-run by students, ISA/ GSA • Facilitators course York Award ( Cross-Cultural Competencies) • Tandem Exchange programme

10. Courses /workshops for staff • PGWT residential/ bitesize • Forum • Bespoke training in liaison with other support services e.g. Realising Opportunities • Economics

11. New ideas/ projects • Peer cross- cultural buddying scheme from International ambassador list that meets for first ten weeks • Working with 6 universities to create resources to support international students pre-arrival. • Leadership course Int/home students • Lingua Franca- YSJ • Colleges celebrating diversity of cohorts