Joining host Andy Spinoza are Professor Colette Fagan, the University’s Vice-President for Research and responsible for leading our research and doctoral training strategy; Aisha Akram, University of Manchester Students’ Union Wellbeing and Liberation Officer; and George Obolo, a final year MBChB Medicine student at Manchester and award-winning social entrepreneur, leader, builder and public speaker.

They discuss fairness, equality, equity and the role of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) action plans in higher education for students and staff, and more widely in society. They highlight how the University has advanced equality and fairness through the impact of its research – from the past, through to the present and into the future.

From Manchester’s role in the Industrial Revolution and its ties to the global cotton trade, through to key figures in the University’s radical history, such as Christabel Pankhurst, Alan Turing and Arthur Lewis, the group chart the University’s EDI journey, examine our institutional commitment to EDI, and discuss how our research produces evidence and solutions to advance equality and fairness across the globe, as well as in our local community.

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Further information

To learn more about equality, diversity and inclusion at The University of Manchester, take a look our Let's Talk series of blogs, videos and podcasts. The first conversations in the series cover the experiences of disabled staff and students.

Find out more on:

• The University’s global inequalities research beacon
• Our EDI strategy
• Our EDI accreditations
• Creating a more equal world – case studies
• Cotton Capital: Slavery and The University of Manchester
• Healthier Futures platform
• Global Development Institute
• Work and Equalities Institute
• Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE)
• Manchester Urban Institute

Find out more on our Talk 200 webpage or discover more about our wider bicentenary celebrations.