Yesterday the YCEDE Workstream 2 team travelled to Sheffield Hallam University to deliver a workshop on equity in doctoral selection and admission. This full-day workshop was aimed at colleagues in Workstream 2 pilot schools, departments and DTPs, as well as those working in relevant central services and functions. The workshop covered the following topics: We were once again welcomed by …
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 …