Hello everyone and happy cultural diversity week.
My name is Barbara Mendes.
I'm currently a PhD student here at Kingston University, studying Musical Entrepreneurship.
And this week we're celebrating cultural diversity.
By that I mean the existence of different cultural backgrounds and ethnic groups within
our unique community.
Happy diversity week!
Hi, diversity is important to me because I genuinely believe diversity drives creativity
and innovation.
This is why I chose to study in London because such a multicultural city, and the students
and faculty bodies of the Kingston University are very diverse.
It's been such a great experience to exchange ideas and learn from students and lecturers
from all over the world, and prepare myself to work in a global workforce after I graduate.
I'm Rebecca, one of 90 first year student midwives at Kingston University.
Earlier in the academic year, we all shared our stories and discovered that each one of
us is unique.
To me, cultural diversity means embracing people and appreciating their ideas regardless
of their backgrounds.
It's about learning, evolving and changing. Being surrounded by a rich, diverse culture
helps me to grow and have compassion for everyone.
During my time at Kingston, I've collaborated and interacted with people from different
parts of the world.
And it is always good to be part of a global community of people and being around them.
And for me, cultural diversity is not just about being around people from different parts
of the world, it is also about actively engaging with them.
And when someone has completely different life experiences than you it really opens
your worldview and really enriches the experience of being part of this global community.
Cultural Diversity to me, it means inclusion.
You know, when I actually think about it, I think of Jamaica's motto 'Out of many one people'.
And it's really just a unity of so many cultural minorities and having just one nation.
It's important really, just to step out of your own world, and take the time just to
listen and learn about new cultures.
You'll find and begin to appreciate that this world is made up of so many great different
people and allow you to gain a fresh new perspective.
Being a graphic designer, and soon to be an animator, it's just very important to have
to have a very open mind about the culture around the world.
Because now it's not like 'oh, you know, oh, you're just going to work with this industry'.
No, all the industry started coming together. You better know how to work with all these
cultures - and it's amazing.
Hi, my name is Rohin and I'm a third year marketing and advertising student here at Kingston.
Over the course of three years, cultural diversity has played a huge role in, in my experience.
And I've met people from all over the world in these three years.
But what I've learned the most is that there is no right way of doing something because
everybody has different cultures, different ways of them being brought up, and where they've
been brought up that has shaped the way they think today.
To me cultural diversity means that we can garner an environment where people from different
backgrounds and different cultures are welcome and appreciated.
And that's something I've been able to recognize being able to study at Kingston University
is that we're able to celebrate so many different cultures and we're able to introduce each
other to our own cultures and we're able to learn about each other and it's a great environment.
Cultural diversity allows me to enjoy the beauty of humanity. It embraces and celebrates
our differences and expands our global perspectives.
As a creative student, the diverse range of references and experiences shared by my international
course mates and lecturers have been very valuable to my thinking tools and as well
as my growth and being more understanding and connecting better with other people.
Hello, everyone. My name is Farhan, I'm from Pakistan.
In the past few months of my cybersecurity studies at Kingston University London, I met
some of the extremely rich and culturally diverse communities.
Thanks to Kingston University that now I have made friends from UK, USA, Bangladesh, Germany,
Portugal, Brazil, Ghana, Greece and many more.
As an international student in London, cultural diversity means for me to collaborate, understand,
respect and work together. With people belonging to different regions, different religions,
different lifestyles, and different backgrounds.
Hi guys, my name is Grace. I'm from Belgium, and I'm studying Public Relations and Corporate
Communications at Kingston University.
Today I wanted to share with you what cultural diversity means to me.
I'm studying with people from all around the world, Moldova, South Africa, India, and I
can see that cultural diversity brings richness to my experience, because during our assignments
of all our interactions, we all bring different perspectives.
Share with us what you think about cultural diversity.