De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has become the first higher education institution (HEI) in the UK to have an award for race equality renewed.
DMU is one of only eight original holders of the award - and the only HEI - to have so far successfully applied for a renewal of the prestigious bronze Race Equality Charter award.
Launched in 2015, the award was created to tackle inequality in higher education and to improve the representation, progression and success of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students, academics and professional staff in the UK’s universities.
To receive a renewal of the award, institutions have to demonstrate determination and progress made to advance racial equality and remove institutional and cultural barriers standing in the way of this.
The award is presented by the Advance HE (formerly Equality Challenge Unit), a charity which is funded by and provides guidance for the higher education sector.
