Ekatarina Ivanova is one of the founders of the Women in Higher Education Network (WHEN). You can learn more about their activities including events in February and beyond here. Two years ago we spoke about FAN (the Female Academic Network),
Reflections on leading the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Reflections on leading the Equalities Committee (ECO) This is an interview with Dr Michela MacDonald, who is stepping back from her role as co-lead of the EECS Equalities Committee (ECO) after five years. What would you say are your main
Training for inclusive research practice
Alvaro Bort took a look at the new training for inclusive research. It’s a resource for researchers at any stage who want their grant proposals to reflect inclusion and diversity. It was created by C-DICE (Centre for Postdoctoral Development in
A Professional Website Dedicated to Women’s Art Research: HerART
Lianganzi Wang describes her experiences with HerART hosted by The EECS Women in Higher Education Network (WHEN) Introduction to HerART In this session, I introduced HerART (www.art-woman.com), a nonprofit website established in 2012 as China’s first and only platform dedicated to documenting
About MINDS, Queen Mary’s new Neurodiversity in Science network
Daniel Gill, a PhD student answers some questions about MINDS and Neurodiversity. What is MINDS? MINDS stands for Mutual Inclusion through Neurodiversity in Science. It’s a network for researchers, neurodivergent people, and neurodivergent researchers. As a neurodivergent researcher, I am
Interview with Claire Revell
Claire moved from professional services to part of lecturing staff recently. Could you tell me about your academic position and the history behind it? I am not a computer scientist or electronic engineer, but I am now a lecturer and
Beijing Ballet performance
During a recent teaching trip to Beijing in October, Dr Yan Sun, Dr Jonathan Loo, and Dr Michaela MacDonald had the privilege of attending a groundbreaking contemporary ballet performance by Intradance, a pioneering dance company from the Netherlands. What made
Teaching neurodivergent students
This is an interview with Giorgia Pigato from QM Academy. Could you say a little bit about yourself and your job? I have been at QMUL for over two years working in QM Academy as an education advisor and work
Mental health and your PhD
This is an anonymous interview with a PhD student about mental health it talks frankly about depression and ADHD while studying. Would you be comfortable sharing some background on mental health issues? I was diagnosed with depression in my third
Active learning and inclusivity
This is an interview with Steph Fuller from Queen Mary Academy. Tell me a little bit about yourself? I work in the Queen Mary Academy which delivers university-wide support for the development of education and research. We work with staff