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Black History Month

Black History Month UK 2026 is celebrating “Honouring Our Communities”, recognising the everyday contributions, leadership, resilience, and achievements of Black individuals, groups, and organisations that help shape and strengthen communities across the UK.

Black History Month

Events

Keep a look out for events at Edge Hill University for Black History Month. There’s plenty of exciting things happening.

Kanopy

Students and staff can stream more than 3,000 films for free with Kanopy. This Black History Month, explore our specially curated collection and discover powerful stories celebrating Black history, culture and experiences.

Explore the list of films

Hear from our students

Bridget Amo headshot.

Black History Month at Edge Hill is about showing people they belong, they are accepted here, to show people they can say, ‘this is my home, Edge Hill is my place, I matter’.

Bridget Amo

BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult)

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Faith Wood headshot

When I heard that Edge Hill was planning a whole series of events for Black History Month it was a really heartfelt moment. It’s amazing to know there are members of staff who care about us, not just because they have to but because they genuinely want us to feel at home. By running events like this they are advocating for us, they’re fighting our corner.

Faith Wood

BSc (Hons) Business and Management

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Samiat Olayide headshot

I’m incredibly grateful I chose Edge Hill University. I was really nervous when I got here because there weren’t as many international students. But Edge Hill went to a lot of effort to make sure we found each other, found our people, as well as making sure we blended with the local students here.

Samiat Olayide

MA Marketing Communications and Branding

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Staff multicultural network

The Staff Multicultural Network is a collaborative platform created to foster a safe and inclusive environment for staff to express, share and advance all matters related to race, culture and cross-cultural issues.

The group is open to all staff who share an interest in the continual promotion of EDI and for those who wish to be part of a supportive community for knowledge exchange about race-related subjects. The group meets three times a year.

If you would like to get involved please get in touch with June Jones.

Get involved

Resources

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