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Our work

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Social justice has been a cornerstone of Queen Mary from the establishment of our four historical institutions to the present day, and it is at the heart of our 2030 Strategy.

Our mission is to create a truly inclusive environment, building on our cherished cultural diversity, where students and staff flourish, reach their full potential and are proud to be part of the University. 

We are proud of what we have already achieved at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, some of which is detailed below. 

Achievements to date

  • A Silver Athena Swan award for gender equality for both Medicine and Dentistry.
  • Gender parity within our Senior Leadership Team.
  • A new research strategy 'Better Health for All' - making a real impact on health-related problems for the benefit of East London as well as the global population.
  • Westfield funded research into the BAME attainment gap and resulting actions to mitigate this. 
  • Improved resources and a new policy for menopause and fertility treatment.
  • A new governance structure which puts EDI considerations at the heart of all decision-making.
  • Being a signatory of the BMA racial harassment charter for medical schools. 
  • Large scale EDI communications campaign with newsletters, forums and guest speaker series. 
  • Multi-faith rooms / wellbeing and breastfeeding / expressing rooms on both Charterhouse Square and Whitechapel Campuses. 

 

Future work

  • Embedding EDI citizenship into all roles​
  • Reducing nepotism in PhD appointments​​
  • Improved bullying and harassment iniatives​
  • Mentorship for Black staff and students​
  • Disabled student scholarships​
  • Increasing engagement with Malta Campus staff and students

 

 

Supporting the strategic delivery of our ambitious aim is the FMD Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group, chaired by our visionary Academic Lead for EDI, Professor Chloe Orkin. 

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