Oxford Brookes University is committed to the promotion of race equality as part of our equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. This is central to our values and ambitions for inclusivity and equity of the experience of our students and staff.
The University is a member of the Advance HE Race Equality Charter and has undertaken self assessment work and made an application for a Bronze award in March 2025.
Our Race Equality Steering Group, chaired by Sarah Thonemann, Chief People Officer, acted as our Race Equality Charter self-assessment team with membership drawn from across the University.
"We know that we still face a number of challenges, including the under-representation of Black students, and of BAME* staff in senior roles. Equally importantly, we need to ensure that the inclusive culture that we pride ourselves on is equally felt by everyone, and that each member of our community recognises and plays their role in achieving our ambitions."
Professor Alistair Fitt, Vice-Chancellor
* Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME): We acknowledge the contested nature of this term but have not yet reached consensus as to alternative terminology. We seek to disaggregate ethnicity data as far as possible and where we use the term ‘BAME’, do so in full cognisance of its limitations.
