UCC formally launched the University’s Race Equality Network on Tuesday, 3 October. Launched during UCC’s Equality Week, the Race Equality Network aims to improve the representation, progression and success of staff from minority groups. 

 

UCC is committed to enhancing diversity and promoting equality and inclusion amongst all staff and students. 

Dr Amanullah De Sondy, Chair of the UCC Race Equality Forum, said: "I’m delighted to see our Race Equality Forum progress to a Race Equality Network with this launch. Unfortunately, racism is real, on the rise and connected to all our inequalities. This transition continues to highlight UCC's commitment to anti-racism as established by the Higher Education Authority's (HEA) Anti-Racism Principles. The Race Equality Network will support, strengthen and nurture our minority ethnic staff and students in solidarity with our allies.”

 

Professor Stephen Byrne, Deputy President and Registrar, said: “Creating an anti-racist campus is an institutional obligation, and as an institution UCC is committed to bringing about that cultural shift in thinking about inclusion and diversity in a way that effects positive change in relation to race equality." 

 

Watch this video from the launch.