Available now: Our 2026 Diversity Calendar

Every year we develop a new diversity calendar, featuring 12 months of awareness days, university milestones, religious holidays, and key EDI dates to note.  This aims to reflect the diversity of our community, and promote respect and understanding between all colleagues. 

Access the calendar: 2026 Diversity Calendar 

The EDI calendar is a practical tool to support awareness and understanding of a wide range of equality, diversity and inclusion topics. It can help inform planning at team, faculty and department levels — from scheduling student assessments and project timelines with sensitivity to religious and cultural dates, to guiding conversations within your team about issues that matter. It’s also useful for event planning, helping you avoid clashes and identify opportunities to engage with activities beyond your day-to-day role. 

Our aim is to honour individual identities while coming together as one university to ensure that every person feels valued. 

If you would like to request a physical copy of the calendar please complete this form.  

More information

• We have incorporated feedback received from previous calendars to make this the most comprehensive version yet, but if you would like to suggest any dates or theme represented in future editions, please get in touch.
• Check out our EDI space on Staffnet for further details about what we offer at the university and how we can support you.
• Explore our EDI blog, which covers many of the themes in the diversity calendar.
• You can also contribute to our EDI blog, showcasing anything from your own experiences, to the work of your network, or good practice from your faculty or department. If you’re interested, please fill in this form. 
• This calendar has been developed with colleague feedback following on from our Your Voice Matters survey results, to be more inclusive and representative of our colleagues, students and community.