Diversity | White staff assigned ethnic minority mentors

Cambridge University has long been a calling card of affluence and privilege within British culture for its association with private education and its history of hosting aristocrats and royalty, such as the future King of England himself the Prince of Wales.

However, in a move aimed at combatting what it called ‘structural racism,’ Cambridge has introduced a ‘reverse mentoring’ scheme.

Under the new scheme, white senior academics and the university’s upper management staff will work together with a colleague of black, Asian or minority ethnic heritage as a mentor to encourage what it calls ‘institutional change’ at the school.

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The initiative is just one of many put in place by the university’s dedicated equality and diversity department, which has been campaigning over the past year to eliminate racism and promote diversity on campus.