Equality, Diversity and Inclusion news and events 

Blogs

• 24 May 21: PVC EDI Blog: Black Lives Matter - Anniversary of death of George Floyd
  Professor Sharples discusses the changes that have been made since the death of George Floyd.
  
  

• 14 May 21: PVC EDI Blog: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia
  The university will be flying the rainbow flag from the Trent Building to mark IDAHOBIT.

• 10 May 21: PVC EDI Blog: Athena Swan and EDI survey
  Professor Sharples talks about the newly launched Athena Swan and EDI survey and encourages everyone to fill it out.

• 23 March 21: PVC EDI Blog: Tackling misogyny, harassment and violence against women.
  Proessor Sharples discusses steps we can all take to help tackle misogyny, harrasment and violence against women.

• 19 March 21: PVC EDI Blog: Reflecting on Diversity Festival and looking ahead to International Day for the Elimination of Racism. 
  Professor Sharples looks back at a successful Diversity Festival and forward to a day of tackling racism.

• 22 January 21: Guest EDI Blog: Launching the EDI Resource Bank. Lucy Jones, Associate Professor, Sociolinguistics and Faculty Director of EDI (Arts) talks about the launch of the new EDI Resource Bank.

• 21 January 21: PVC EDI Blog: EDI in the year ahead
  Professor Sarah Sharples talks about her plans for EDI in the upcoming year.

• 1 December 20: PVC EDI Blog: New policies published for staff and student personal relationships
  Professor Sarah Sharples discusses updates to two of the University’s policies.

• 26 November: Guest EDI Blog: Supervising PGRs from diverse backgrounds. Written by Welfare and EDI Officers, Sandra Rose and Alice Haslam.

• 11 November: Guest EDI Blog: Supporting disabled students during Covid-19. Written by EDI coordinator, Catherine Abe.

• 29 October: Joint statement following proposed Philosophy Politics and Economics (PPE) Society event.

• 19 October: Guest EDI Blog: The Leaky Pipeline – How do we plug the gap? Guest blog by Professor Robert Mokaya and Assistant Professor, Andrew Nortcliffe. 

• 28 September. PVC EDI Blog: Tackling racial inequality at the Univerisity. Written by Professor Sarah Sharlpes.

• 23 September: Guest EDI Blog: A plea for compassion for those who cannot wear face masks by Professor Ellen Townsend, our guest EDI blog writer this month

• 21 September: PVC EDI Blog: Read Professor Sarah Sharples' new blog on the return to a new academic year and embedding EDI in our Practice for 2020 - 21

• 22 July: PVC EDI blog: This week's blog describes work that is being led in the Faculty of Arts, highlighting the importance of decolonising the curriculum

• Black Lives Matter: Statement and Resources update

• 6 July: PVC EDI Blog: Call for Black History Month Planning Committee

• 6 July: PVC EDI Blog: Read Professor Sharples' blog on the EDI Events Strategy

• 30 June: Guest EDI Blog: An update on Nottingham Universities and Historical Slavery by Dr James Dawkins, Research Fellow

• 29 June: PVC EDI Blog: Read Professor Sharples' blog on Coronavirus Recovery and workloads

• Find a list of links to resources to support staff in understanding and responding to racism, alongside the latest EDI blog

• EDI Blog: Read the UoN and SU Statements on George Floyd