Race Equality and Anti-Racist Subcommittee (REAR)

The Race Equality and Anti-Racist Subcommittee (REAR) is a thematic committee of the University Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee (EDIC).

The University of Edinburgh will take action against racism in its various forms (personal, cultural and institutional). We do not wish to be complicit through silence and inaction. We wish to establish an ethos and culture that promotes inclusion, respect and dignity and has a zero-tolerance approach to any form of discrimination.

BAME Liberation Officer, EUSA

Lauren Byrne - EUSA VP Welfare

Laura Cattell – Head of Widening Participation

Tommy Curry– School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Deepthi de Silva-Williams - CAM

Dahlia Doughty Shenton – CMVM

Omolabake Fakunle - EDI Director, Moray House School of Education and Sport

Jim Galbraith - Strategic Planning

Rayya Ghul - IAD

Emma Gieban-Gamal – CAHSS EDI Committee

Gurpreet Grewal-Kang – Student Admissions, R(D)SVS & The Roslin Institute

Mohini Gray – Edinburgh Diversity and Inclusion Network

Karen Halliday – College of Science & Engineering EDI Convenor

Lilian Lee - Intercultural and Anti-Discrimination Adviser

Sarah Liu - Staff BAME Network

rashne limke - EREN

Roisin McKelvey – eBASE Project, College of Science and Engineering

Felicia Murray - Development and Alumni

Silvia Perez-Espona – R(D)SVS, EDI Easter Bush EDI Committee

Michael Ramsammy - co-Convenor

Emily Sena – co-Convenor

Rebecca Shade - Student Experience Services

Sharia Vadasaria – RACE.ED

Caroline Wallace - Head of HR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The aim of this group is to ensure and promote activity across the University to end systemic racism and the inclusion of BME staff and students.  The group will recommend actions (evidence based) which the EDI Committee can take up to the University Executive. It will also oversee the Race Equality and Anti-Racist Action Plan. 

The work of the group has also been informed by the Thematic Review of Student Support for Black and Minority Ethnic Students, the EDMARC Report  2018/19 sections on Ethnicity, points raised from student and staff petitions as a result of the events related to Black Lives Matter and the Equality and Human Rights Commission Report (2019) on  Tackling racial harassment. 

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