As part of Cancer Research UK’s commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Research, they have developed this scholarship programme in consultation with the research community and in close collaboration with expert partners, Black in Cancer and the Windsor Fellowship. For the second year of the programme a total of four PhD scholarships will be available in 2024. The Scholarship Programme will be providing a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship (non-clinical), …
Black History Month: University of Bradford
The University of Bradford is pleased to be marking Black History Month 2023. They have put together a programme in collaboration between the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity (CfID) and the Students’ Union. One of their events which is open to the public is ‘Intergenerational Discussion – Black Female Professors & Black Students. Further details and how to register.
New Fellowship Scheme for ECRs: Royal Society Career Development Fellowship
The Royal Society has launched a new Fellowships scheme for early career researchers (ECRs). The Career Development Fellowship is a 4-year postdoctoral research fellowship which aims to support the retention in STEM of researchers from underrepresented backgrounds. This first call, opening on 7 November and closing on 24 January, will be run as a pilot, with the potential to expand to a broader …
‘Equity in Education & Society’ conference at York St John University on the 31st January 2024.
The following conference may be of interest. The Institute for Educational and Social Equity’s Annual Conference ‘Equity in Education & Society’ is taking place on January 31st 2024. You can read the call for papers and, for those wishing to present a paper at the conference, the final date to submit an abstract is Friday 17th November 2023. Abstracts can …
Black History Month: What’s On?
This year, the University of York is celebrating BlackHistoryMonth (BHM) with the theme Saluting Our Sisters. The webpage highlights the report “‘Everything is racialised on top’: Black and racially minoritised girls’ and women’s experiences of public sexual harassment in the UK”. This report, produced by colleagues at York, is the first on this issue in the UK. It demonstrates the prevalence and forms of sexual harassment …
Black History Month – Why Black Women need recognition all year round (Saluting Our Sisters)
In this Black History Month blog, Ayo Barley writes about the importance of recognising Black women. In a world where recognition of the contributions of Black women often falls short, it’s time to shine a well-deserved spotlight on Black women during Black History Month (BHM). This year, we delve into the multifaceted theme that highlights the remarkable achievements and enduring …
Brad-ATTAIN Seminar Series: Literature Review and What to Expect in Year 1
Organised by Brad-ATTAIN in collaboration with YCEDE (The Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education), the seminar series aim to inform, raise awareness and help to create pathways to academia for minoritised ethnicities. Please note, this event is aimed at candidates from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds and who have UK ‘home’ student status. However, we do welcome all …
The Perfect PhD Candidate
In this blog, Dr Bukola Oyinloye shares findings from a study of academic and professional staff’s perspectives of doctoral success and draws some implications for the project. To gain insight into the qualities desired of PhD candidates, in Workstream two, we interviewed academics from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences and professional staff significantly involved in the review and selection …
Great News for YCEDE!
We want to share some great news from YCEDE. We nominated two PhD students for a Yorkshire Asian Young Achiever (YAYA) award and they have been shortlisted! Zenab our YCEDE Scholar in the Mental Health category – who you can listen to on BBC Radio Leeds – and Mohammad in the Education category are the ones to look out for and …