This page contains a collection of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) resources with relevance to postgraduate programmes. 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
The Society does not accept responsibility for the content of the external sites. Inclusion on this list does not equate to an endorsement of any content or organisation. Please contact the external site for questions regarding individual resources.
Case studies
Recruitment and training at doctoral level: best practice principles
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (UK)
Recommendations on best practice in all stages of recruitment and training for NERC training grant holders, including finding talent, shortlisting and interviews, nurturing talent, monitoring and reporting.
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EDI Policies
The Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA) (UK)
We ask that PhD project supervisory teams strive to be diverse, for example including academics with a mix of gender, ethnicity and career stage. Through our Flagship proposal scheme, we strongly urge academics to collaborate with CENTA partners on PhD projects. This improves visibility of career opportunities beyond academia, which is a key consideration for some groups of students when considering PhD level study. We ask our academics to use inclusive language in the PhD project description, the links below provide good advice on this topic and can be used to check the language in project descriptions.
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Ahmet, A. (2020) Who is worthy of a place on these walls? Postgraduate students, UK universities, and institutional racism. Area, 52, pp. 678-686
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Barncroft, S.F. (2018) Toward a critical theory of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics doctoral persistence: Critical capital theory. Science Education, 102(6), pp. 1319-1335
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GuildHE (2022), Understanding the lived experience of ethnic minority students in postgraduate research
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McKendrick, J.H. (1996) A discipline of equal opportunity? Gender and participation in postgraduate geography. Area, 28, pp. 318–330
Other resources
Supervising Black geography PhD researchers in the UK
This report by Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye summarises research on the supervision of Black Geography PhD students in UK universities.
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Resources for mental health and wellbeing in HE geography
A number of resources are available to help university staff understand and address mental health and wellbeing issues in higher education.
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Postgraduate Pedagogies
A journal focusing on the contribution of GTAs to Higher Education.
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Relevant organisations