Diversity and inclusion work

How can higher education better support diverse students and staff to fulfil their potential? Find advice on university diversity and inclusion policies and actions that open pathways into higher education to non-traditional students and support student success for diverse cohorts by building inclusive institutions. Plus, learn how to achieve greater diversity at every level of academia and make everyone feel they belong.

By Eliza.Compton, 8 February, 2023

How LGBTQ leaders navigate a predominantly non-LGBTQ world

Rainbow flag outside Cambridge University for LGBT History Month
Looking at LGBTQ leadership style as a reaction to the power structures that dominate our culture is essential to finding a common thread through a diverse community, writes Karen Whitney
Reading time
3minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 17 January, 2023

Primary sources as a tool for greater diversity

Primary source materials
Primary sources can be used to diversify curricula and bring in marginalised voices. Jade G. Winn and Michaela Ullmann explain what library teams can do to support faculty and students in finding and assessing diverse materials
Reading time
4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 23 December, 2022

How to decolonise initial teacher education: start with yourself

decolonising education pencil heart
Decolonisation has the potential to rattle higher education’s sandstones and ivory towers, yet many struggle to know where to start. Karen Lambert and lisahunter use the context of initial teacher education in Australia to explain that it starts with you
Diversity and inclusion work