The Faculty of Arts and Humanities strives to foster a welcoming, enabling, and inclusive environment in which people of all backgrounds and identities are supported and valued. We are actively committed to the University’s Equality Objectives, and we follow the Race Equality Charter and Athena Swan charter to identify key areas of focus and develop actions that tackle inequalities and allow staff and students to succeed and thrive.
Our work is intended to enrich, shape and transform lives, and we aim to promote academic endeavour and research that advances understandings of inclusion and equality. We are committed to widening participation and we work with partners in our region to this end.
We work collaboratively with student interns towards the decolonising of our disciplines and we recognise decolonisation as a complex and multifaceted process that encompasses all aspects of our education, outreach, research, and culture.
We are proud to be part of the Durham, Newcastle and North East Classics Network. The network makes use of the research expertise of Durham and Newcastle's Classics Departments and outreach capacity to support local state schools to introduce classical subjects on the curriculum, broadening their cu
This books addresses the question how we can discern whether any individual act of stereotyping will have the positive or negative effect.
This book considers the role universities and Muslim higher education institutions play in the production, reinforcement, and contestation of emerging narratives about religious difference.
Learn about decolonisation projects in our departments.
We want Durham to be a respectful and inclusive environment where all staff and students can thrive. To help us achieve this, we follow certain Charter Marks to guide our work by identifying key areas of focus.
We take reports of bullying and harassment, hate incidents, sexual misconduct and domestic abuse seriously. All staff, students and visitors to our campus are able to use this online tool.
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