On the 2nd November, the YCEDE team attended the inaugural University of York Inclusive Impact Award event. The project was nominated for an award in the ‘Inclusive Partnerships’ category – and won first prize! As a reminder, the Inclusive Impact Awards recognise the innovative and inspiring EDI work of students and staff that is already making a measurable difference across …
YCEDE has been shortlisted for an Inclusive Impact Award!
The Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education has been shortlisted for the University of York’s Inclusive Impact Award in the ‘Inclusive Partnerships’ category. These awards will recognise the innovative and inspiring EDI work of students and staff that is already making a measurable difference across our university community. They will also provide an opportunity to hear about the plans and programme …
YCEDE and Brad-ATTAIN Launch – University of Bradford, October 2022
This week the University of Bradford held their internal launch for the YCEDE and Brad-ATTAIN programmes. As you already know, YCEDE is a collaboration between five universities in Yorkshire, 12 UKRI funded Doctoral Training partnerships and Centres for Doctoral Training plus a number of external partners dedicated to equity at doctoral level. However, Bradford is also running the Brad-ATTAIN (Bradford …
Black History Month Roundup!
Happy Black History Month! We thought we would share the amazing work of our partner universities and direct you to some of our favourite events that are being held. At the moment, we are working on a newsletter to keep you up to date with all that YCEDE is doing this month. Until then, have a great October! University of …
Generation Delta: Preparing for Postgraduate Research Study (PGR) One-Day workshop
Thursday 20th October 9 AM to 5 PM online via zoom* This one-day workshop is being offered by Generation Delta for women who identify as Black, Asian and/or from minority ethnic communities. It is open to current UK/’Home’ undergraduate and master’s students and those who may have left academia but are planning to return to study for a doctoral degree …
YCEDE signs the NEON Pledge!
Professor Kathryn Arnold has now signed NEON’s Postgraduate Diversity Strategy Blueprint pledge on behalf of YCEDE confirming our dedication to widening access to higher education. For those that don’t know, NEON is the professional organisation supporting those involved in widening access to higher education. NEON enables those working to widen access to higher education at all levels and in all …
Brad-ATTAIN Research Summer School
The Centre for Inclusion and Diversity at the University of Bradford is proud to announce that we have opened enrolment for the Brad-ATTAIN Research Summer School. The Research Summer Schools is free and aims to expand the awareness of doing a PhD to 3rd year undergraduates, master students and alumni from Black, Asian and other minoritised groups. The summer schools …
Doctoral Admissions Workshop 2: Strategies for Equity-based Holistic Review
This article follows on from the summary of the first workstream 2 workshop, you can read it here! The second workshop started bright and early at the Principal Hotel in York. Paul Wakeling started with a brief recap of the first day before Julie and Casey launched into the day’s discussion. Early on in the session, delegates were asked to …
Doctoral Admissions Workshop 1: Fundamentals of Equity in Doctoral Admissions
It’s now been a whole two weeks since the first YCEDE workshops! These were the launch workshops for Workstream 2 held at the Principal Hotel in York. As you are aware, YCEDE is a four-year project based on collaboration between five universities in Yorkshire. Funded by the Office for Students and Research England, it focuses on questions of access to …
Event: Studying for a PhD – The Inside Story
Student Research Group Session | 26 July 2022, 12:00-13:00 Are you interested in studying a PhD and from an underrepresented group*? The Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) partners; the Universities of York, Sheffield, Bradford, Leeds and Sheffield Hallam University are running a Q & A webinar on 26 July from 12-1pm where you can meet current PhD students …