Overview

• The university published the four-year Race Review on July 27, uncovering 15 historic endowments linked to African enslavement and 12 tied to colonialism that still fund bursaries, scholarships and professorships.
• Principal Sir Peter Mathieson issued a formal apology and pledged to eliminate racial discrimination and inequality at the university.
• The report’s nearly 50 recommendations include establishing a Naming Approval Committee, creating research centres on racism and colonialism, boosting targeted scholarships and reforming the curriculum.
• It found significant under-representation of racially and ethnically minoritised staff and students, disparities in degree outcomes and obstacles to reporting experiences of racism.
• University leaders are weighing a proposal to drop the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism to allow broader debate on Israeli policies on campus.