{"id":1730,"date":"2024-05-29T12:41:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T11:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/edi\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:41:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T11:41:34","slug":"laura-cragg-importance-of-charter-marks-at-the-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/edi\/2024\/05\/29\/laura-cragg-importance-of-charter-marks-at-the-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Cragg: Importance of Charter marks at the University"},"content":{"rendered":"

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June is chartermark month on the University\u2019s 2024 Diversity calendar.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 2023 was an important year with the submission of our Athena Swan<\/a> and Race Equality<\/a> Charter Silver applications, our Disability Confident<\/a> Level 3 application and our Stonewall<\/a> Workplace Equality Index application.\u00a0 These submissions reflect on progress made but also highlight ongoing challenges.<\/p>\n

Having been awarded Silver for both Race and Gender Equality Chartermarks, work is ongoing in 2024 to progress our Athena Swan<\/a> and Race Equality Charter<\/a> achievement plans.\u00a0 The achievement plans were co-created with staff and students from across the University.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Our achievement plans align with our EDI strategy and represent our commitment to making meaningful cultural and individual change to work towards gender equality and to build an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory organisation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As we start to convene a Self-Assessment Team to co-create a Disability Confident achievement plan, work will continue to align all our Chartermark and Framework plans to understand the intersections between various protected characteristics and recognise how an individual\u2019s multiple identities can affect their lived experience.<\/p>\n

There is much more work to do in order to progress equality of opportunity in our university community.\u00a0 To be a truly, welcoming, and inclusive organisation, we must be prepared to have difficult conversations, listen to our staff and students as they share their experiences, ensure our staff and students feel heard and work collaboratively when creating and reviewing actions.<\/p>\n

Monitoring our achievement plans is not just about whether an action has been completed, it is about measuring what impact this action has had.\u00a0 Our achievement plans are agile documents that are intended to change as the latest information emerges.<\/p>\n

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