Posted on 23 August 2004
HEFCE highlighted York's policies in race equality and specific actions that the University had taken to improve race equality for both staff and students.
The Race Equality Policy was praised for:
Recent actions which were singled out included:
"This is essentially a report on progress so far," said Yvie Holder, Director of the Equal Opportunities Office at the University. "We're pleased that so much of our strategic thinking and practical steps have been praised by HEFCE. Now we need to concentrate on our next steps.
"These include detailed analysis of the statistics we collect on staff and student profiles to inform our future policies, strengthening links with minority ethnic groups and organisations in York, and implementing the recommendations of a recent working group which looked at the spiritual and cultural needs of students."