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Celebrating Success Across Differences` online international diversity awareness film premiere

`BLACK HISTORY MONTH` EDUBATE & MDX-ARN EVENT


Date: Monday, 25, Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27th October

Time: 17:00 – 18:30


Topic: Profiling the successes and contributions of `movers and shakers` of African and African-Caribbean Heritage to British society. Followed by panel discussion and Q&A


Register in advance for this meeting:

https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpce2qrDgtHtLmhsER0V0yCxQOSB3CKJI_


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting information about joining the meeting


Film subjects and special guest panellists:

Dr Bishop Esme Beswick MBE founding member & President of the Joint Council of Churches for All Nations (JCCAN)


Dr Jak Beula CEO & Founder Nubian Jak Community Trust


Sonia Brown MBE Managing Director & Founder National Black Women’s Network (NBWN)


Dr Patti Boulaye OBE Singer, Actress, Artiste & CEO Bipada Academy


Dr Angela Herbert MBE, Transformational Coach & Mentor, Crime Prevention Board and Metropolitan Police Independent Advisory Board Chair & Director of `Inside Out Solutions`


Cheryl Jumbo Cosmetic Scientist, CEO Black Beauty Communications and Founder of the Black Beauty & Fashion Awards


Lieutenant Patrick Passley Diversity Consultant, Director at Haringey Law Centre, Professional & Litigation Fundraiser, Personal/Senior Advisor; Nairobi Thompson Writer, Poet, & Learning Development Specialist.


Welcome by: Anna Kyprianou, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Host: EDUBATE Chair & MDX-ARN Co-Chair Dr Doirean Wilson

Register in advance for this meeting: https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpce2qrDgtHtLmhsER0V0yCxQOSB3CKJI_

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting

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Black Heroes of Mathematics and Chemistry

Updated: Sep 17, 2021

Authors: Dr Sandra Appiah & Dr Nira Chamberlain


As University campuses gradually open to welcome students, let us celebrate our resilience in dealing with the global COVID-19 pandemic. Our young people have had to face several obstacles to secure places at Universities to continue with their academic journey. Indeed, there are uncertain and challenging times ahead (see the Royal Society report on Ethnicity in STEM academic communities | Royal Society: https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/publications/2021/trends-ethnic-minorities-stem/).


With a low representation of Black academics in STEM subjects - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - it is necessary to be intentional in making visible role models for our students in these subject areas to help improve their success in academia.

Please join us in showcasing Blacks in STEM by registering and attending the following online events:

Organisers: The British Society for the History of Mathematics, the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, the Isaac Newton Institute, the London Mathematical Society, and the Mathematical Association

Target audience: students, academics of mathematics, and all interested in equity, diversity and inclusivity in academia

Vision: To celebrate the inspirational contributions of Black role models to the field of mathematics.

 

Organisers: Middlesex University, in partnership with McGraw Hill

Funder: Royal of Society of Chemistry

Target audience: All interested in equity, diversity and inclusivity in academia

Vision: To showcase inspirational black role models to the field chemical sciences.

 

Target audience: Students, academics and researchers in the chemical sciences

Vision: “To showcase research contributions of black scientists in the field of chemical sciences”


Please register to attend and let us work together to make visible blacks in academia.


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Why Inclusion and Diversity Matter in Higher Education Publishing

Updated: Sep 1, 2021

There is general acceptance now that inclusion and diversity is crucial to building the most successful teams, improving social listening and increasing the financial performance of companies. Yet many do not understand the reasons behind this.


If we look to Higher Education, we can see how diversity enriches the educational experience in multiple ways by strengthening engagement in the learning community; encouraging self-reflection and challenging assumptions; improving communication and thought-processing skills; and preparing students for the workforce. It is also important for students to see themselves in their leaders, yet there is much more do be done in the UK and beyond to reflect ethnic minorities and gender balance in senior academic and university staff.


So, what role does inclusion and diversity play in Higher Education publishing? At an academic leadership level, it helps people reach tenure in a publish or perish world. The challenge is that publishers are generally looking to sign the biggest names in the field, who tend to be established senior leaders and white men. Studies have shown that women in first or sole-authored positions are cited less than their male counterparts (Larivière et al. 2013) and statistics also indicate that less than 1% of UK professors are black (HESA 2018-19). Authoring bestselling textbooks or highly cited journal articles reinforces seniority and perpetuates white male privilege in academia. Publishers can help Higher Education become more inclusive by supporting early career researchers and encouraging collaboration between those established profiles and rising stars from more marginalised groups. The next generation of renowned authors has to be more diverse.



I am honoured to actively contribute to the partnership McGraw Hill has formed with Middlesex University to help decolonise the curricula and showcase the work of black and ethnic minority academics. Starting first with Royal Society of Chemistry-funded research into black chemists and led by Dr Sandra Appiah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Biochemistry for Middlesex. Dr Appiah’s research explores the experiences of black chemists in academia and their impact as role models for black staff and students.


In addition to an international research conference, McGraw Hill is committed to delivering workshops to help black and ethnic minority authors understand how to get published and ways to improve their chances of their work being accepted for publication. Some of the core intended outcomes of this project will be to provide visible black role models in the academic community, determine how to embed suitable literature in the curriculum, and improve networking across institutions. Our collaboration with diverse groups of academics and students will help us continue to develop inclusive learning resources.

There is a long way to go in the journey to equity, but we are thinking and acting intentionally – from producing inclusive language guidelines for authors, purchasing images that better reflect diversity for our image banks, expanding our author base, and listening and learning from our institutional partners.

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