This follows on from our successful 2021 festival which attracted more than 1,500 attendees to our live events and over 5,000 visitors to our diversity festival web hub.

The 2022 festival will continue to ‘embrace and celebrate difference’ and will comprise celebratory activities, keynote and local events and pre-recorded content.

Would you like to showcase your area of expertise or interest in EDI?

We are now inviting staff and students to propose topics for locally hosted events for our 2022 diversity festival.

In 2021, staff and students delivered local events on topics ranging from ‘women of faith’ to ‘diverse careers in STEM’ and ‘Imposter syndrome vs your potential’.

How do I submit a proposal?

Please ask to join our diversity festival local events team to access our proposal form and complete one form for each proposal. It takes approximately 5 minutes to complete the form.

The closing date for your proposal(s) is 6pm on Friday 18 February 2022. Once we have received your proposals, we will review them and liaise with the nominated event lead(s) to add them to our festival programme.

Local events will be promoted from April 2022 onwards and delivered between Tuesday 14 June and Friday 24 June 2022.

If you have any questions, please post them in the 2022 festival channel chat in our diversity festival local events team.