Sexual Harassment Policy Construction
- Policies covering staff and learners
- Prevention strategies and reporting pathways
- Training and awareness campaigns
- Student codesign and survivor-informed approaches
The EDUK Deep DIVE EDI Network
The Deep Dive EDI Network is a collaborative initiative aimed at:
- Developing inclusive practices across all college areas
- Empowering both students and staff
- Engaging with communities
- Promoting equity, fairness, and accountability
- Driving transformative action that exceeds the Equality Act 2010
This network is not just about compliance, but about creating systemic, sustainable change that meets legal, moral and business imperatives.
Resources
Priorities for the Network
Focus Groups by Protected Characteristics
- Diverse representation
- Trauma-informed facilitation
- Intersectional inclusion (e.g. Black LGBTQ+ disabled students)
- Clear purpose, feedback loops, and transparency
Mentoring & Allyship Day
- Focus on staff-student mentoring
- Training in inclusive mentoring practices
- Pairing across cultural, gender, and disability lines
Tutorials and Curriculum Inclusion
- EDI explicitly embedded in tutorial content
- Social issues (e.g. wars, protests, discrimination) as discussion themes
- Curriculum mapped against lived experience and equity gaps
Diverse Representation in Counselling and Pastoral Support
- Staff that reflect the cultural, racial, gender, and disability diversity of learners
- Inclusive mental health and wellbeing services
- Safe space creation for gender diverse and neurodiverse learners
Training for Senior Leaders and Managers
- Embedding the 5Cs (Communication, Culture, Challenge, Competence, Commitment)
- Using the 5Ps (Policy, Process, Practice, People, Power)
- Grounded in the FREDDIE principles (Fairness, Respect, Empathy, Dignity, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement)
Linking with Diverse Communities
- Partnerships with community organisations and leaders
- Cultural and interfaith engagement
- Cohosting events and resource sharing