This page contains a collection of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) resources with relevance to lab work in HE geography. These resources were collated as part of the project Enabling equitable cultures of knowledge and practice in physical geography and environmental sciences, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
This page is dynamic; if you know of other relevant resources or wish to submit your own case study, we’d like to hear from you at rhed@rgs.org
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Guidance and toolkits
Changing the culture in higher education: UUK's response to EHRC inquiry on racial harassment in higher education.
Universities UK (UK)
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published the report of its inquiry into racial harassment at higher education institutions, including universities. As the representative body for 136 universities, Universities UK has published its own submission to this report.
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Becoming anti-racist: the principles guiding Wellcome's journey (Introduction to anti-racist toolkit)
Wellcome Trust (UK)
Kalaiyashni Puvanendran introduces Wellcome's anti-racist principles and toolkit – a framework for how to be anti-racist at Wellcome.
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Tackling racial harassment in higher education
Universities UK (UK)
A new set of recommendations designed to decisively tackle racial harassment as part of efforts to address racial inequality in UK higher education.
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Discovery notebook: making mental health research more inclusive
Wellcome Trust (UK)
Why do a discovery phase as part of a project, and how does it work? This case study outlines the methods and tools we used in a discovery process looking at how to make mental health research more inclusive, especially for young Black/minority ethnic people.
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How can we continually improve workplace culture? (Recorded webinar)
Wellcome Trust (UK)
In this live workshop at the Reimagine Research Culture Festival, panellists shared the experimental approaches that are helping to continually improve culture.
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Selected readings