Posts in "Equality and Diversity"

November 13^th marks the start of Transgender Awareness Week. At the University of Aberdeen this is a time where staff, students and alumni come together to demonstrate their support to the transgender community and address the issues that many trans and non-binary people continue to face. I…

My name is Samuel Munyeza, I’m currently studying Scots Law with English Law here at the University of Aberdeen.  Since the age of 17 I have been estranged from my immediate family, for those unfamiliar with the term it means that I have no contact or support from my immediate…

The Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic Students Forum is one of the five student-led liberation forums within the Students’ Association. We aim to offer an intersectional safe space to students who identify under the BAME umbrella, although the term itself has been under controversy and debate, and address discrimination against…

Every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror. A former student of University of Aberdeen, Shahid Khan reflects on his own journey to Scotland.

I came to the UK as an asylum seeker after I fled religious persecution in my home country, Pakistan. I was…

Refugee Week UK 2021, 14th June - 20th June 

Higher education institutions in the UK have a long tradition of providing sanctuary for academics and young people forced to flee conflict and persecution and find safety elsewhere. To build further on support measures already in place, the University of Aberdeen…