School of History, Classics & Archaeology

Equality, diversity and inclusion

​The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is dedicated to valuing and celebrating diversity, and ensuring equality for all staff, students, and visitors.

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We are committed to creating a community which is inclusive and respectful of all our staff and students, and their lived experiences. We recognize that staff and students may experience multiple intersecting exclusions based on characteristics such as race, gender, sexuality, age, class and disability. As individuals dedicated to the study of the human past, in all its forms, we also acknowledge the strong ties between past histories of colonialism, racism, and violence, and our contemporary experiences. We also believe that equality, diversity and inclusion are essential to the future of our disciplines. It is in this spirit that we have initiated a process of decolonizing the curriculum across our school.

Dr Julie Gibbings, Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Professor Donald Bloxham, Deputy Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion within the School of History, Classics and Archaeology

We welcomes all suggestions on how to develop and improve equality, diversity and inclusion. If you have any suggestions regarding Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in the School, please fill in the suggestions form. All responses are completely anonymous, and will be reviewed at the EDI committee meetings. Please note that the suggestion form is not a complaint nor a reporting mechanism. You can find more information on these at Guidance on making a complaint and Support for reporting from the Equally Safe Team.

Make an EDI suggestion

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion within the University of Edinburgh

You can learn more about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at  the University of Edinburgh at the link below.

EDI at UoE

EDI within the School

The School is committed to maintaining and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion among staff and students. It does this in a range of ways. You can also find sources of further information here.

Student EDI Matters

At the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology, equality, diversity, and inclusion are paramount to the student experience and our subjects as a whole.

Staff EDI Matters

The University offers training and learning resources for staff around EDI.

Suggestions regarding EDI in the School

The School welcomes all suggestions on how to develop and improve equality, diversity and inclusion within it.