#DIFFERENTEQUAL campaign at Green Templeton
The #DIFFERENTEQUAL campaign was launched by Green Templeton College in December 2020 to signal the college’s commitment to inclusivity and to promote awareness about racism.
Black History Month 2022
Green Templeton College is proud to celebrate Black History Month 2022. Throughout October 2022, we will be flying our #DIFFERENTEQUAL flag at the entrance to college as we did in 2021.
Autumn 2022 Update
#DIFFERENTEQUAL lanyards remain available for members of the Green Templeton community. Please contact communications@gtc.ox.ac.uk if you would like one
These were also promoted to new students at the College Life Fairs in September and October.
About the #DIFFERENTEQUAL campaign
Over a number of weeks, a new picture was posted to Green Templeton’s main social media channels featuring a tangible example of behaviour (in particular micro-aggressions) that inhibits inclusion. The images also promote examples of ally behaviour that can counter this.
The campaign’s imagery – two hands clasped together in a fist – is designed to symbolise a firm, uplifting stance and joint action against racism by all, no matter the shade of skin colour.
The #DIFFERENTEQUAL images
Each of these campaign images has been posted across the college’s main social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. We will continue to update this page as each new campaign image is shared.
Campaign image 1: Ache Atta-Boateng
This image featuring student Ache Atta-Boateng (DPhil Geography and the Environment) was shared to our social media channels on 1 December 2020 to launch the #DIFFERENTEQUAL campaign.
Campaign image 2: Kelly-Ann Fonderson
This image featuring student Kelly-Ann Fonderson (MPhil Development Studies) was posted to the college’s social media channels on 8 December 2020.
Campaign image 3: Tonny Muthee
This image featuring student Tonny Muthee (DPhil Primary Care Health) was posted to the college’s social media channels on 15 December 2020.
We encourage members of the Green Templeton community and beyond to like, share and engage with our social media campaign.
Black Lives Matter Taskforce
The Green Templeton College Black Lives Matter Taskforce was formed in July 2020 and is chaired by Associate Fellow Dr Neo Tapela, with Dr Susan James Relly as Governing Body Representative.
Equality Action Agenda for Black Lives
The #DIFFERENTEQUAL campaign was one of ten actions proposed by the Taskforce, through its Equality Action Agenda for Black Lives, which will guide the college’s steps for systemic change to combat anti-Black racism and achieve more equal representation, progression and success for members of our community while at Oxford.
The Action Agenda has been tasked with identifying priority actions that are immediate and address change in individual behaviour and including actions to facilitate change in the institutional structures and culture of college.
While the Action Agenda’s focus is to address anti-Black racism, it is also intended to serve as a platform to build on, to advance race equality and to promote equality and diversity more broadly.
Black Students’ Representative
One Action Agenda suggestion that has already been implemented is the creation of the position of Black Students’ Representative on the Graduate Common Room (GCR) Committee, to advocate for issues raised by Black students and coordinate programming that promotes student wellbeing and inclusion. Josephine Agyeman-Duah (Jossey) has been elected to this position for the 2020-21 academic year.
Contact
For more information on the #DIFFERENTEQUAL digital campaign or to share any comments or thoughts, please contact communications@gtc.ox.ac.uk.
The college is delighted to welcome a new Oxford PharmaGenesis DPhil Scholarship in Translational Health.
The scholarship has been established through an endowment gift of £1,660,000 from Oxford PharmaGenesis, now part of the Klick family, creating a permanent fund to support doctoral students undertaking outstanding postgraduate research in the field of translational health at Nuffield Department of Primary Care @oxford_uni
Yesterday our alumni celebrated the 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong alongside @st_annescollege alumni at the two societies’ first co-organised event.
The group gathered at a Michelin-starred restaurant to mark the joyful occasion, make new connections and enjoy exquisite traditional food together.
It is wonderful to see the two college alumni societies bringing the wider Oxford community together for what Nathaniel Chan (MBA, 2016), co-chair of the Green Templeton College Hong Kong Alumni Society, described as ‘a memorable occasion’.
Plans are already taking shape for a hike and karaoke event in November, following an ‘impressive impromptu a cappella performance by one alumnus’ at the lunch.
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Here’s some advice from our freshest crop of graduates to our incoming new students 🧑🎓👩🎓👨🎓
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🌌 Last weekend, Green Templeton welcomed Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt for the latest event in our Astronomy for All series.
Professor Schmidt took a packed audience on a journey through more than 13 billion years of cosmic history, from the Big Bang to the distant future of the Universe. He explored what we know about the cosmos, how we know it and some of the biggest mysteries that remain.
The lecture was chaired by Governing Body Fellow Rob Fender, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and continued our celebration of Green Templeton’s connections with Oxford Astrophysics.
Our Oceania Alumni Group is on a roll after successful events in Sydney, Brisbane and last night in Perth.
We`re very thankful to the group`s committee for their energy, commitment and hard work in bringing the community together. It’s wonderful to see connections being strengthened, engagement growing, and the alumni community going from strength to strength.
Exciting times ahead!
If you would like to join a local alumni group, let us know!
