Rebecca Phillips: ‘Empowering future generations’: understanding EDI in primary and secondary schools through our annual MIE initial teacher education inclusion conference.
The annual UoM Manchester Institute of Education’s (MIE) ITE inclusion and inspiration conference provides opportunities for UoM trainee teachers on our primary and secondary PGCE and SCITT programmes, early career teachers and researchers from the University of Manchester to join together to explore, discuss and debate current practices and recent research relating to EDI in education.
Christopher Sutton: Inclusive visual healthcare resources
How we visualise health informs how we treat people.
Emma Shiels: The beautiful game, the ugly truth: my struggle with misogyny in football (part 2)
As a working-class woman from Manchester – supporting my football team whilst facing misogyny from male football fans is a troubling and paradoxical concept. Football is integral to my culture, class and history. And yet, how should I navigate the troubling research that shows 68% of male football fans hold openly misogynistic views?
Emma Shiels: Who is football for? History of Women and Football (part 1)
Mary, Queen of Scots, wrote about football in her diary. In fact, the world’s oldest football was found in her belongings. Did she play? Most likely not. But she most certainly watched. So, when did women first pick up the ball and start playing?
Lauren Stella: 200 years of EDI Data Workshop and the Importance of Representation through Data
I am the Data Analyst Assistant working within the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Directorate. In this blog post, I will re-cap on the “200 years of EDI Data Workshop” I presented alongside Sami Karamalla-Gaiballa (Data Analyst Lead and EDI Partner) in our EDI Conference in June. As we celebrate 200 years of the University of Manchester, this workshop was purposed to demonstrate how data collection has changed over the past 200 years using examples of the UK Census and our own University.
Heather Lennox: Learning about Asexuality
As part of my L5 CIPD HR apprenticeship, I was tasked with developing and implementing a people strategy with a focus on celebrating equality and diversity. With little scope to do so within my own role, I reached out to the EDI directorate to see if there were any upcoming projects I could get involved with. The response and support I received was brilliant and reflects how collaborative UoM colleagues are.
Laura Cragg: Importance of Charter marks at the University
June is chartermark month on the University’s 2024 Diversity calendar. 2023 was an important year with the submission of our Athena Swan and Race Equality Charter Silver applications, our Disability Confident Level 3 application and our Stonewall Workplace Equality Index application. These submissions reflect on progress made but also highlight ongoing challenges.
Sarah Finn-Sell, Michelle Almeida and Catherine Stull: Parents and Carers Peer Support Staff Network Group and UN Global Day of Parents 2024
With over 140 staff members we are an ever-growing staff network to facilitate peer support and communication between parents and carers across the university in whatever form ‘parenting’ takes. We welcome all: mums, dads, adoptive parents, foster parents/carers,...
Rachel Heyes: What are Staff Networks?
If you're new to the concept of staff network groups, you're not alone. Before joining the University of Manchester, I hadn't encountered them either. These networks are invaluable resources, offering peer support to staff who may face marginalisation or oppression....
Gloria Muñoz Romero and Laura Howard: Making new connections at work – Join a staff network
According to the organization Mental Health UK, one in five workers experience a sense of loneliness at work (Mental Health UK 2022). With those from minority ethnic groups being at greater risk of experiencing feelings of isolation.
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