EDI Caucus
@edicaucus.bsky.social
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Caucus. Multidisciplinary project, funded by UKRI and British Academy, to create inclusive careers across the research and innovation systems in the UK. edicaucus.ac.uk
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EDI Caucus
@edicaucus.bsky.social
· Nov 15
To everyone working in research & innovation!
The EDI Caucus is interested in anything related to equality, diversity & inclusion in the UK's research & innovation sector. This is found in all disciplines.
So if your work touches on EDI tag us please! There's too much out there to be searching it.
The EDI Caucus is interested in anything related to equality, diversity & inclusion in the UK's research & innovation sector. This is found in all disciplines.
So if your work touches on EDI tag us please! There's too much out there to be searching it.
Your correspondent has been let out of the office to attend the Black Heritage Voices conference in Leicester today.
Held at the Jewry Wall Museum, which I thought would have something to do with Jewish history of some kind, but really doesn’t. It’s medieval jury spelling and is all Roman history!
Held at the Jewry Wall Museum, which I thought would have something to do with Jewish history of some kind, but really doesn’t. It’s medieval jury spelling and is all Roman history!
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Your correspondent has been let out of the office to attend the Black Heritage Voices conference in Leicester today.
Held at the Jewry Wall Museum, which I thought would have something to do with Jewish history of some kind, but really doesn’t. It’s medieval jury spelling and is all Roman history!
Held at the Jewry Wall Museum, which I thought would have something to do with Jewish history of some kind, but really doesn’t. It’s medieval jury spelling and is all Roman history!
Today EDICa is holding its first workshop with the #BeingHuman2025 festival. We’ve partnered with the Community Wellbeing Collective in Wester Hailes, a part of Edinburgh with multiple deprivation, just 7 min drive from Heriot-Watt University.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Today EDICa is holding its first workshop with the #BeingHuman2025 festival. We’ve partnered with the Community Wellbeing Collective in Wester Hailes, a part of Edinburgh with multiple deprivation, just 7 min drive from Heriot-Watt University.
Today one of our postdocs is hosting a @britishacademy.bsky.social ECR Network-funded Reproductive Health Network and Research Agenda.
The event brings people together to spark ideas and collaborate. But there’s also @listenthinkdraw.bsky.social illustrating what they’re saying. 1/2
The event brings people together to spark ideas and collaborate. But there’s also @listenthinkdraw.bsky.social illustrating what they’re saying. 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today one of our postdocs is hosting a @britishacademy.bsky.social ECR Network-funded Reproductive Health Network and Research Agenda.
The event brings people together to spark ideas and collaborate. But there’s also @listenthinkdraw.bsky.social illustrating what they’re saying. 1/2
The event brings people together to spark ideas and collaborate. But there’s also @listenthinkdraw.bsky.social illustrating what they’re saying. 1/2
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As we come to the end of our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' project, we're delighted to invite you to 'Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness' - a free online symposium on 17th and 18th November. 1/n
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October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As we come to the end of our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' project, we're delighted to invite you to 'Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness' - a free online symposium on 17th and 18th November. 1/n
“Senior authors shamed me in front of group for asking for recognition (trying not to be a female-doormat stereotype backfires pretty much every time I have tried...)”.
(female participant seeking credit on a paper)
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(female participant seeking credit on a paper)
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Anyone interested in learning about why journals make a proactive effort to increase women's participation in the peer review process should take the time look at some actual evidence about why this is needed. Ditto journalists covering such a story. Do some reporting! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Women are credited less in science than men - Nature
The difference between the number of men and women listed as authors on scientific papers and inventors on patents is at least partly attributable to unacknowledged contributions by women scientists.
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Senior authors shamed me in front of group for asking for recognition (trying not to be a female-doormat stereotype backfires pretty much every time I have tried...)”.
(female participant seeking credit on a paper)
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(female participant seeking credit on a paper)
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Euan's Guide have launched their Access Survey for this year! If you are disabled, or have a disabled loved one, please check it out - it's really important that we have a wide, diverse range of voices taking part!
📣 The 11th Euan’s Guide Access Survey is open!
We’re collecting real stories from disabled people, their friends and carers about access across the UK. Your experiences help highlight what’s working — and what still needs to change. Every voice matters.
buff.ly/kqdj1Nv
#DisabilityInclusion
We’re collecting real stories from disabled people, their friends and carers about access across the UK. Your experiences help highlight what’s working — and what still needs to change. Every voice matters.
buff.ly/kqdj1Nv
#DisabilityInclusion
Euan's Guide
Making the world more accessible one review at a time.
www.EuansGuide.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Euan's Guide have launched their Access Survey for this year! If you are disabled, or have a disabled loved one, please check it out - it's really important that we have a wide, diverse range of voices taking part!
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On Thursday Sofia Olendraru from PERIODically presented at the Variety in Chemistry/Physics Higher Education Conference 2025!
Sofia presented her poster titled ‘Towards Period Dignity: Increasing and Improving Accessible Provision of Free Period Products’.
❤️🩸🧪
#ViCEPHEC2025
Sofia presented her poster titled ‘Towards Period Dignity: Increasing and Improving Accessible Provision of Free Period Products’.
❤️🩸🧪
#ViCEPHEC2025
August 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
On Thursday Sofia Olendraru from PERIODically presented at the Variety in Chemistry/Physics Higher Education Conference 2025!
Sofia presented her poster titled ‘Towards Period Dignity: Increasing and Improving Accessible Provision of Free Period Products’.
❤️🩸🧪
#ViCEPHEC2025
Sofia presented her poster titled ‘Towards Period Dignity: Increasing and Improving Accessible Provision of Free Period Products’.
❤️🩸🧪
#ViCEPHEC2025
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Our PI Dan Goodley and Prof Rebecca Lawthorn talk about the difficulties of changing culture in universities, and how others can get involved in building inclusive environments for disabled people @whiteroseuc.bsky.social: whiterose.ac.uk/news/disrupt...
Disrupting the Default: Anti-Ableist Research Culture - White Rose University Consortium
Professor Dan Goodley and Professor Rebecca Lawthom lead the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture (WAARC) project at the University of Sheffield.
whiterose.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Our PI Dan Goodley and Prof Rebecca Lawthorn talk about the difficulties of changing culture in universities, and how others can get involved in building inclusive environments for disabled people @whiteroseuc.bsky.social: whiterose.ac.uk/news/disrupt...
“Neurodiverse leadership is not about meeting quotas. It is about strengthening quality. The sector cannot afford to waste talent or exclude perspectives that could help it adapt and thrive.”
#neurodiversity #DEI #EDI #AcademicSky #HigherEducation
#neurodiversity #DEI #EDI #AcademicSky #HigherEducation
New Post: Neurodiverse leadership is a quality issue for universities, not a side project www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/20/n...
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“Neurodiverse leadership is not about meeting quotas. It is about strengthening quality. The sector cannot afford to waste talent or exclude perspectives that could help it adapt and thrive.”
#neurodiversity #DEI #EDI #AcademicSky #HigherEducation
#neurodiversity #DEI #EDI #AcademicSky #HigherEducation
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And because I am a Very Serious Scholar, this statue of Saint George fighting the dragon now housed in the National Museum in Copenhagen is a great opportunity to mention that the polite Danish word for butthole is 'numsehull'.
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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What's the difference between co-design and co-production?
In our seminar on 2 October, Prof McDowall explained:
Co-design
- Collaborative approach
- Often used in public health
- Shapes research questions, methods & outcomes
(1/2)
In our seminar on 2 October, Prof McDowall explained:
Co-design
- Collaborative approach
- Often used in public health
- Shapes research questions, methods & outcomes
(1/2)
a cartoon character is holding a bottle of strawberry juice
Alt: an odd green cartoon character with a wide toothy closed mouth, two short legs, two short arms holds a bottle of strawberry juice in one hand and a bottle of blueberry in the other and looks indecisively between the two.
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What's the difference between co-design and co-production?
In our seminar on 2 October, Prof McDowall explained:
Co-design
- Collaborative approach
- Often used in public health
- Shapes research questions, methods & outcomes
(1/2)
In our seminar on 2 October, Prof McDowall explained:
Co-design
- Collaborative approach
- Often used in public health
- Shapes research questions, methods & outcomes
(1/2)
For #AdaLovelaceDay your correspondent can personally recommend Sydney Padua's steampunk graphic novel of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage.
Makes a great gift for a friend, too.
(And yes, you can admire the ALT text)
Makes a great gift for a friend, too.
(And yes, you can admire the ALT text)
October 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
For #AdaLovelaceDay your correspondent can personally recommend Sydney Padua's steampunk graphic novel of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage.
Makes a great gift for a friend, too.
(And yes, you can admire the ALT text)
Makes a great gift for a friend, too.
(And yes, you can admire the ALT text)
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An online lecture series promoting the principles of diversity & inclusion across archival collections and the wider record-keeping community will kick off on Oct 22nd at 1pm.
1st talk will be about Preserving Records in support of Truth Recovery in Northern Ireland
@araukie.bsky.social
(1 of 2)
1st talk will be about Preserving Records in support of Truth Recovery in Northern Ireland
@araukie.bsky.social
(1 of 2)
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An online lecture series promoting the principles of diversity & inclusion across archival collections and the wider record-keeping community will kick off on Oct 22nd at 1pm.
1st talk will be about Preserving Records in support of Truth Recovery in Northern Ireland
@araukie.bsky.social
(1 of 2)
1st talk will be about Preserving Records in support of Truth Recovery in Northern Ireland
@araukie.bsky.social
(1 of 2)
A worthy thread on science being a team sport and importance of telling the real story
We can remember Goodall’s accomplishments and legacy while recognizing that National Geographic created a narrative that erased the local people who contributed to her research. Her African colleagues deserve to be credited, not erased (10/10).
October 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A worthy thread on science being a team sport and importance of telling the real story
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Parliament is debating whether equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) should shape $3.6B in research grants. Supporters say it drives innovation; critics call it politicized. How should Canada balance equity and excellence?
🔗 http://bit.ly/43dhcZc
#EDI #Research #Policy
🔗 http://bit.ly/43dhcZc
#EDI #Research #Policy
Parliament reviews EDI for research grants - University Affairs
Witnesses testify for and against applying diversity criteria to scientific funding.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Parliament is debating whether equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) should shape $3.6B in research grants. Supporters say it drives innovation; critics call it politicized. How should Canada balance equity and excellence?
🔗 http://bit.ly/43dhcZc
#EDI #Research #Policy
🔗 http://bit.ly/43dhcZc
#EDI #Research #Policy
“Mentorship enables men & women in STEM to excel. Sponsorship shines light on this excellence, ensures this excellence is seen. It’s when I vouch for someone; I can nominate my student for award or invite my postdoc to co-chair a conference session. That’s the difference between advice and action."🧵
Women in STEM need more than “advice”, according to a high-flying researcher, who said support should take the form of “action”, or “sponsorship” instead. Chris Havergal reports from #THEwas
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/move-beyond-mentorship-and-sponsor-women-stem-says-scholar
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/move-beyond-mentorship-and-sponsor-women-stem-says-scholar
Move beyond mentorship and ‘sponsor’ women in STEM, says scholar
Female researchers need ‘action’, not just ‘advice’, says high-flying scientist
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“Mentorship enables men & women in STEM to excel. Sponsorship shines light on this excellence, ensures this excellence is seen. It’s when I vouch for someone; I can nominate my student for award or invite my postdoc to co-chair a conference session. That’s the difference between advice and action."🧵
Read the whole thread.
Conventional wisdom says motherhood should wait for tenure as before you land a permanent post, #academia is just not that family friendly🙁
@carersinstemm.bsky.social are calling for change and to celebrate their new report, a Saturday🧵on parenting & academia! 1/9 👩🔬🧪🔭⚛️
ℹ️: carersinstemm.co.uk
@carersinstemm.bsky.social are calling for change and to celebrate their new report, a Saturday🧵on parenting & academia! 1/9 👩🔬🧪🔭⚛️
ℹ️: carersinstemm.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Read the whole thread.
Check out a lovely article about improvements to hygiene in the polar regions! Something EDICa's research also found is still an issue.
Read here for their practical changes as well as challenges - like finding niche clothing for females, & waste management.
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/b...
Read here for their practical changes as well as challenges - like finding niche clothing for females, & waste management.
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/b...
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Check out a lovely article about improvements to hygiene in the polar regions! Something EDICa's research also found is still an issue.
Read here for their practical changes as well as challenges - like finding niche clothing for females, & waste management.
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/b...
Read here for their practical changes as well as challenges - like finding niche clothing for females, & waste management.
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/b...
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I had a mid-career fellowship and it was exactly what I needed to finish my book. The BA application forms are far simpler than you might expect if you’ve only ever seen forms for other funders. So, if you’re eligible, do explore further. Best of luck if you apply.
We’ve opened a call for our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships which enable established scholars to have the time to complete a significant piece of humanities or social sciences piece of research, through a one year period of leave
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships
The British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships are intended to enable established scholars, needing relief from teaching and administration, to have the time to bring to completion a signi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I had a mid-career fellowship and it was exactly what I needed to finish my book. The BA application forms are far simpler than you might expect if you’ve only ever seen forms for other funders. So, if you’re eligible, do explore further. Best of luck if you apply.
EDICa's latest blog is from postdoc Dr Dong Lin on the Ups and Downs of Recruiting Participants for Research Studies.
We're conscious of busy people's time, and those from minoritised groups often get tapped on the shoulder.
Read about Dr Lin's lessons learned.
edicaucus.ac.uk/the-ups-and-...
We're conscious of busy people's time, and those from minoritised groups often get tapped on the shoulder.
Read about Dr Lin's lessons learned.
edicaucus.ac.uk/the-ups-and-...
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
EDICa's latest blog is from postdoc Dr Dong Lin on the Ups and Downs of Recruiting Participants for Research Studies.
We're conscious of busy people's time, and those from minoritised groups often get tapped on the shoulder.
Read about Dr Lin's lessons learned.
edicaucus.ac.uk/the-ups-and-...
We're conscious of busy people's time, and those from minoritised groups often get tapped on the shoulder.
Read about Dr Lin's lessons learned.
edicaucus.ac.uk/the-ups-and-...
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
This coming Thursday, 2 October @ 13:00, join us online for a seminar on "Co-production in the Context of Neurodiversity".
Prof McDowall will speak on the joys & challenges of engaging in co-production with neurodivergent workers during all stages of the research cycle.
go.hw.ac.uk/EDICa/Semina...
Prof McDowall will speak on the joys & challenges of engaging in co-production with neurodivergent workers during all stages of the research cycle.
go.hw.ac.uk/EDICa/Semina...
September 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This coming Thursday, 2 October @ 13:00, join us online for a seminar on "Co-production in the Context of Neurodiversity".
Prof McDowall will speak on the joys & challenges of engaging in co-production with neurodivergent workers during all stages of the research cycle.
go.hw.ac.uk/EDICa/Semina...
Prof McDowall will speak on the joys & challenges of engaging in co-production with neurodivergent workers during all stages of the research cycle.
go.hw.ac.uk/EDICa/Semina...
EDICa is teaming up with the Community Wellbeing Collective in #WesterHailes Edinburgh for #BeingHuman2025. Participants can craft personal pages for a zine inspired by experiences of periods/(peri)menopause, thinking about gaps in support in the workplace & healthcare.
go.hw.ac.uk/PeriodTalk
go.hw.ac.uk/PeriodTalk
September 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
EDICa is teaming up with the Community Wellbeing Collective in #WesterHailes Edinburgh for #BeingHuman2025. Participants can craft personal pages for a zine inspired by experiences of periods/(peri)menopause, thinking about gaps in support in the workplace & healthcare.
go.hw.ac.uk/PeriodTalk
go.hw.ac.uk/PeriodTalk
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Please join us for another online symposium on October 2nd 12-1pm BST with Andrea Garcia-Santesmases, Laura Sanmiquel-Molinero, Javier Monforte from Spain!
sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
Thinking Affect within Critical Disability Studies
An online symposia from Spain on 2nd Oct , 2025
sheffield.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Please join us for another online symposium on October 2nd 12-1pm BST with Andrea Garcia-Santesmases, Laura Sanmiquel-Molinero, Javier Monforte from Spain!
sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
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Confessions of an Early Career Researcher. We've released a new 'warts and all' podcast, in collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk which might be of interest to anyone thinking of starting a career in research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher: A new podcast by the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust
A new podcast for early-career researchers has been launched by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher. We've released a new 'warts and all' podcast, in collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk which might be of interest to anyone thinking of starting a career in research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...