LID2020
As part of the University's ongoing EDI self-evaluation processes, the annual Lincoln Inclusion & Diversity Conference (LID2020) brought together staff across the University to highlight initiatives, celebrate successes, share best practice, and critically evaluate the University's progress against its EDI ambitions
LID2020 took place on 19 February 2020 with over 100 participants from across the academic and professional services communities
LID2020 Programme
Opening comments
Prof Liz Mossop (VCO)
Session 1: Inclusivity
CHAIR: Dr Michael Toze
- Dr Xiaotong Zhu (LHERI) LEAP (Lincoln Equality of Attainment Project)
- Farhan Ahmed (LIBS) Decolonising the curriculum
- Dr Hilary Hamnett (CHM) Embedding D&I into the undergraduate curriculum
- Dr Udeni Salmon (EGC) The value odf staff support networks
Breakout 1: Reflecting on an inclusive workplace culture
FACILITATOR: Prof Graham Law
"An inclusive workplace makes diversity work"
Session 2: Breaking barriers
CHAIR: Prof Lucie Armitt
- Prof Belinda Colston (EGC) 10 years of Athena SWAN
- Simon Parkes (VCO) Race Equality Charter
- Prof Sundari Anitha (SPSS) Importance of policy — gender-based violence taskforce
- Dr Chiara Beccalossi (HH) & Megan Walker (ENJ) Raising awareness on the international stage — Transitional States & IPI2019
Breakout 2: Moving forwards
FACILITATOR: Prof Abigail Powell
Embedding & doing. feedback & suggestion; collecting thoughts & ideas
Next steps & closing comments
Prof Belinda Colston (EGC)
LID2020 Poster Presentations
Race Equality project
- ASPIRE (EPSRC-funded research) — EGC
- Constructing an understanding of BAME students at Lincoln — Dr Paula O'Brien (LIBS), Dr Paul Goddard, Dr Patrick Hylton (School of Psychology)
- Don't tolerate hate! — Chris Hoskins (Student Support Centre)
- Hidden gems: celebrating Lincolnshire's diverse communities through musc and culture — Dr Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (School of Fine & Performing Arts)
- Improving access to and experiences of ambulance care for Eastern European migrants: a paramedic interview study — Viet Hai Phung, Dr Zahid Asghar, Dr Milika Matiti, Prof Niro Siriwardena (School of Health & Social Care)
- Inclusive recruitment — Prof Belinda Colston, Prof Tom Duckett, Prof Simon Pearson, Leila Lamoureux
- Introduction to living in modern Britain — Dr Bukola Onarinde (NCFM)
- Justice, arts & migration network — Dr Kaya Davies-Hayon (Centre for Culture & Creativity)
- Let's talk about race (Race Equality Charter) — EDI team, HR
- Lincoln equality of attainment project (LEAP) — Dr Xiaotong Zhu (LHERI)
- More than a number - listen to our stories — Rhianne Sterling-Morris (College of Social Science)
- Pipeline inclusive mentoring scheme (PIMS) — EGC
- Research roundtables programme: issues of race and ethnicity — EGC
- Staff support groups — People of colour staff network
- Talkback Tuesdays programme — EGC
Inclusive curriculum project
- Clear - Acccessible -Transparent (CAT): perspectives on language support for second-language users — Matthew Bayly (English Language Centre)
- LEGO serious play: a tool for embedding EDI in the curriculum (closing the BAME attainment gap) — Marcella Forster (School of Film & Media)
- Students setting the example for inclusive teaching & learning — Nikita-Lewis Duke, Dr Michael Shaw (Lincoln Academy of Learning & Teaching)
- What can the Library do? Creating an inclusive university environment — Oonagh Monaghan (Library)
Athena SWAN project
- 10 Years of Athena SWAN — EGC
- Academic Returners' Research Fund — EGC
- ASPIRE (EPSRC-funded research) — EGC
- Blocks of progress — EGC
- Effective initiatives: best practice for gender equality — Dr Kirsten McKenzie (School of Psychology)
- Inclusive recruitment — Prof Belinda Colston, Prof Tom Duckett, Prof Simon Pearson, Leila Lamoureux
- Men should not be nurses? — Sean Morton RN (School of Health & Social Care)
- Newton Academy: the sceince club for girls — EGC
- Pipeline inclusive mentoring scheme (PIMS) — EGC
- Research roundtables programme: issues of gender — EGC
- Staff support groups — women in science, engineering & technology
- Staff support groups — LGBTQI+ staff network
- Talkback Tuesdays programme — EGC
- Worldw-IDE Fund — EGC
Broad EDI
- Access & participation — Careers & Employability
- Breaking barriers — Careers & Employability
- Chronic illness / disability and the undergraduate student experience at the University of Lincoln — Dr Susan Chipchase (School of Psychology)
- Diversity by design — Rosie Elvin (School of Design)
- How writing development & maths and statistics help (MASH) are addressing diversity & inclusion — LesleyThompson (Library)
- Improving healthcare for people on probabtion (NIHR-funded research) — Dr Coral Sirdifield
- Inspirational & motivational lectures — EGC
- Lincoln Award Global — Careers & Employability
- Skills for success: science foundation year — Dr Ellie Davison, Tom Hobson, Jayne Hopkins (Foundation Studies Centre)
- Diversity & inclusion within the student mental health policy — Rosie Mawer (Student Wellbeing)
- Student mental health support project (OfS-funded research) — Cate Neal (LHERI)
