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.

Race Equality and Anti-Racist Action Plan (230.32 KB / PDF)

Emily Sena, Personal Chair of Meta Science and Translational Medicine	Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Caroline Wallace, Head of HR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.	HR
Dahlia Doughty Shenton	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Róisín McKelvey, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Deepthi de Silva-Williams	CAM
Jenni Sarafilovic, EDI Manager	College of Science and Engineering
Jim Galbraith, Senior Strategic Planner	Governance and Strategic Planning
Indigo Williams, VP Welfare	EUSA
Karen Halliday, Chair of Systems Physiology	EDI, plant molecular-genetics research, College of Science and Engineering
Lilian Lee, Intercultural & Anti-Discrimination Adviser	Student Experience Services
Laura Cattell, Deputy Director of Widening Participation	SRA Director’s Office
Mohini Gray, Edinburgh Diversity and Inclusion Network. Personal Chair of Rheumatology.	Centre for Inflammation Research
Nik Tahirah Nik Hussi, Convenor	Library Research Support
Omolabake Fakunle, Convenor, Senior Lecturer, Chancellors Fellow	School of Education and Sport
Rayya Guhl	Institute for Academic Development
Sara Medel Jiménez, HR EDI,	HR
Sarah Liu, Convener Staff BAME network, Senior Lecturer	Politics and International Relations
Sharia Vadasaria, Lecturer in Sociology (Race and Decolonial Studies)	Sociology
Silvia Perez-Espona, Lecturer, Easter Bush EDI Committee	Veterinary Teaching Organisation
Tommy Curry, Personal Chair of Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies.	School of Philosophy, Psychology an Language Sciences.
Vansh Bali	EDMEd BS

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.