November 13th - 19th marks Trans Awareness Week, and Warwick Pride, the Queering University Programme and the SU Trans Officer have collaborated on a programme of events including talks, panels, and more social events.

For Trans Awareness Week, we are hosting a talk about a trans-led and trans-focused project that took place last academic year. This talk, given by the lead of the Gender Expression Fund, will talk about the motivation behind the fund, how it worked in practise, and the outcomes for students who applied to it.

The Trans & Queer Pedagogies Learning Circle focuses on gender-diverse and trans-inclusive teaching and queer pedagogy in particular. Circle meetings take place approximately monthly, and are open to new staff and student members.

You will hopefully be aware that the University recently ran a staff culture survey to explore staff sense of belonging and inclusivity at the University. To follow-up on the initial findings and further explore some specific staff experiences, the University have organised a series of six focus groups.

As we near Pride Month in June, the Queering University programme is collaborating with 43 students' unions to deliver Campus Pride, a digital celebration of LGBTQ+ history, people, culture and related topics for education staff and students across the UK.

Launched this month, the Queering University programme supports staff and students at Warwick to develop, implement, share and sustain queer pedagogies and perspectives. A live introduction to the programme will take place next month, to which all are invited.