Centre for the Enrichment of Culture and Identity

THOMAS TOSCANO

Impact Centre for Enrichment of Culture and Identity provides an opportunity to create an appetite for research that translate into promoting and celebrating diversity and unique identities of people and communities.

The Centre will have four primary focuses:

‐ To encourage research linked to diversity and attainment gaps, including the developing of impactful strategies with the aim of closing attainment gaps in the university sector. This research could then be widely shared with other universities travelling on the path of inclusion.

‐ To set up projects across schools using expertise in schools for Art, Design and Performance, Human and Social Sciences and Creative and Digital Industries in order to open and promote open discussion around culture and identity for our student and staff population.

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To organise regular symposia to with the aim of generating a meaningful exchange of ideas across diverse groups represented in the university.

‐ To form research groups that can bid for research funding and support each other in research output that can meet the criteria of the upcoming REF submission.

This Centre will take the lead on events that celebrate diverse cultures and identities. The Centre will also engage with providing support for national and international events that draw attention to marginalised and oppressed groups in society, and will represent a beacon of free speech. The Centre will have a strong social media presence and will work towards becoming the exemplar of discourse on key themes around Culture and Identity.