1. Equality & Diversity initiatives enhancing teaching & learning at York Katy Mann Learning Enhancement Project

2.  Learning Enhancement Project- ASO  To support staff and students in enhancing teaching and learning projects.  Project Officer-Academic Misconduct -Clare Wiggins  Project Officer- Academic Skills- Katy Mann  Project Officer- Maths--Ant Edwards  Leader Enhancement Project Leader- Cecilia Lowe

3. Equality and Diversity Projects  Widening Participation & Recruitment  Pre-arrival  Transition  Courses for staff  Courses for students

4. Widening Participation

5. Widening Participation Projects  York meets its WP targets but is working actively on projects to provide equal opportunities for very able students in very challenging contexts. Year 12/13 skills projects  Realising Opportunities Project  Extended Project  Residentials/ outreach schools & colleges  Academic Skills, Searching for quality sources, academic writing, referencing.  PGWT & UG student facilitators

7. Pre-arrival  VLE site for 4000 international students-bloggers  Training welcome team/ STYCs / Head STYCS  Culture shock  Training PGWT-inclusivity  Ambassadors/ Facilitators-Cultural Diversity  22 departments transition sites

8. VLE content

9. Courses for students  Culture shock workshops (10) co-run by students, ISA/ GSA  Facilitators course York Award ( Cross-Cultural Competencies)  Tandem Exchange programme

10. Courses /workshops for staff  PGWT residential/ bitesize  Forum  Bespoke training in liaison with other support services e.g. Realising Opportunities  Economics

11. New ideas/ projects  Peer cross- cultural buddying scheme from International ambassador list that meets for first ten weeks  Working with 6 universities to create resources to support international students pre-arrival.  Leadership course Int/home students  Lingua Franca- YSJ  Colleges celebrating diversity of cohorts