Making a difference for BAME students and staff

We have an opportunity for you to make a difference for BAME staff and students at LJMU.

Following a successful pilot programme last year, we are expanding our reciprocal mentoring programme.

The scheme linked black students with senior LJMU leaders to share the experiences of our students on and off campus and work with the university to bring about change. 

The programme is now open to all LJMU senior staff from director level of non-BAME background, to BAME staff from non-director level and to black students from all faculties.

You can hear more from some of the people involved in the pilot programme in the video below.

The programme requires a time commitment of six months, which would include:

An introductory training session and attendance at up to six mentor/mentee meetings (approximately an hour to an hour and a half per meeting), once a month for six months.

Following recommendation from students in the last cohort, you are invited to read Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (2017) by Reni Eddo-Lodge or Judy Ryde's White Privilege Unmasked (2019), before the start of the programme.

Contact equality@ljmu.ac.uk by Friday 23 October to sign up.