Race Equality Week is from 6 to 12 February 2023. Queen's Gender Initiative is offering some suggestions of things Schools could do to endorse racial equity during this week.

The Language Centre and iRise invite all colleagues to join in welcoming the Year of the Rabbit with a variety of cultural events from Friday 20 January, featuring the launch event of the CNY celebration, student-led events and culture talks.

During the academic year 2021/22 the QGI team – supported by the REC Network and iRise – held a number of consultation sessions, that were open to both staff and students, to facilitate discussions on the language that we use at Queen’s.

Members of Queen's University Belfast's Racial Equity Champions Network joined in the Black History Month celebrations at the Belfast Black History Expo 2022 on 26 October at St George's Market.

Colleagues came together at a breakfast event on Tuesday 3rd May 2022 to mark the beginning of our first Reverse Mentoring programme at Queen’s, focused on Racial Equity.

For International Women’s Day 2022, iRise and QGI collaborated to shine a light on some of the brilliant women working and studying at Queen’s.

The QGI Team and Racial Equity Champions Network recently piloted a reverse mentoring programme for QUB staff.

The REC Team invited QUB Staff to attend a Focus Group to share views on preferred terminology in relation to race and ethnicity.

A QUB African and Caribbean Society Event.

We are delighted to welcome Lauren Gallagher to the team as the new Project Manager for the Race Equality Charter at Queen's University Belfast. Continue reading to find out more about Lauren.