News & Updates
This LGBTQ+ History Month...
We want to make it possible for everyone to take part, so we've put together a list of activities that we hope everyone will be able to find something of interest in!
New Arts E&I Staff-Student Decolonise Group!
The Arts Faculty E&I Forum invite all students and staff interested in the conversation around Decolonise to sign up as part of this new group. Staff and students are invited to curate their own research, reading, or interests, in whatever form these may take – whether creative projects, academic or nonacademic writing, talks from invited speakers etc. Each group session's discussion will be curated by a staff member and a student.
Staff Culture Focus Groups
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.
Doctoral College Organises LGBTQUIA+ PGR Focus Group
The Doctoral College have organised a focus group on what it's like to do a PhD as someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, or belongs to another gender/sexual orientation minority group.
Trans staff and student participants wanted for deadnaming focus groups
Nick Cherryman and Sam Parr are running a series of trans-led focus groups on the use of deadnames in the University context, with the aim of writing up guidance to inform best practise for the University.