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Anti-racism advocates

The Anti-racism advocates initiative is part of the Brad-iCOUNT Fund programme. The Brad-iCOUNT Fund is a component of the Brad-iCOUNT Programme designed to provide guidance and financial support on a yearly basis for innovative EDI ideas.

Advocates duties

We have successfully employed and engaged ten students to act as anti-racism advocates. Their duties include:

  • Helping to amplify the voices of minoritised students,
  • Engaging other students in conversation about racism and ways to handle incidence racial harassment and discrimination and how to become an active bystander,
  • Taking part in our schools’ integration project by visiting schools and sensitising school children about racism and ways to avoid it,
  • Raising awareness of the impact of racism in all its forms (including micro aggressions),
  • Signposting students to appropriate mechanisms to report cases of racist,
  • Working with the Anti-Racism CfID to facilitate the creation of safe spaces for discussions about difference and to enhance constructive conversations about race, racism, and Whiteness.

Advocate training

To enable advocates to perform their duties, they have to undergo a two-day training programme titled: Responding to Experiences of Racism.

The training is delivered by Hári Sewell of HS Consulting. Hári is Founding Director of HS Consultancy, a writer and speaker in his specialist area of social justice, equalities and ethnicity, race and culture in mental health.

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Project contact

Dr Kingsley Utam (He/Him)

Lecturer in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A portrait photo of Dr Kingsley Utam, Lecturer in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Dr Kingsley Utam is the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lecturer at the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity [CfID]. His job involves:

  • making scholarly contributions to research,
  • teaching and knowledge exchange,
  • supporting the University’s sub-strategies of Research and Innovation and Learning, Teaching and Student Experience.

Before assuming this role, Utam was EDI Advisor at the CfID between April and October 2021. He worked within the CfID as a Research Associate on the Responsible Research and Innovation Networking Globally (RRING) project. This was a European Union sponsored Horizon 2020 research project involving 20 international partners from different parts of the world (September 2019 to April 2021). He co-authored two chapters of the Horizon 2020 RRING report. He has authored/co-authored several publications including journal articles, book chapters, and published instructional materials.

Utam earned his PhD in Inclusion and Diversity Management from the University of Bradford in 2021. He holds an MSc in Organisational Behaviour and BSc in Business Administration from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Before embarking on his PhD, he was a Lecturer at the Faculty of Management Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria. He played the role of Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Executive MBA and MPA (CEMBA/CEMPA) Programmes.

Contact

Email
K.U.Utam1@bradford.ac.uk
A portrait photo of Dr Kingsley Utam, Lecturer in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Lecturer in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion