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Active bystander training is about how to react when you encounter workplace behaviour that you don’t consider appropriate. QMUL organises it as part of their professional development training. In QMUL over fifty senior members of staff have received this training

Lecturer in EECS Dr Mona Jaber was appointed to the IEEE Women in Engineering in UK and Ireland committee. She is one of ten committee members joining at the tail end of 2021. We asked her to describe the organisation

Dr. Gokop Goteng, Senior Lecturer at EECS For this month’s Staff Spotlight, we spoke to Dr. Gokop Goteng, Senior Lecturer at EECS. He told us about his greatest achievement, what he would choose to have if he were stranded on

The School’s Equalities Committee recently revised the school’s EDI Action Plan. Here is a summary of key initiatives for 2021/2022. Staff related initiatives  Initiatives for staff that the committee aims to develop and implement this year will include establishing an informal

We are pleased that the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) has been able to add a new role to its management structure with the appointment of Dr. Mahesha Samaratunga as Director of Wellbeing. The role has been

The Women in Science and Engineering society is holding a free online meeting about pathways to a career in technology. WISE will present their research into the UK tech industry and its implications for skill gaps and workforce imbalances. https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/exploring-pathways-into-tech-careers/

Finding Ada is looking for female mentors in STEM from low income backgrounds or who are first in their immediate family to work in STEM. They match mentors and mentees and volunteers can earn free access to their network.You can

The mission of the JP Student Innovation Centre is to create opportunities for students on the JP with BUPT to further develop outside the classrooms and build a community of innovators and makers within the programme. Founded in 2015, the

Under the slogan ‘Caring about our Carers’, the EDI Team is running three focus group sessions in September in order to improve understanding of the experience of carers at Queen Mary. The outcomes of the focus groups will feed into the institutional Athena

Mind has released a report about mental health in Universities, particularly in the light of the pandemic. They have produced new research on the subject and aim to work with employers to create a commitment to mental health at work.