Centre for Education Research: Prof Caroline Dessent, University of York

When: Monday, June 10, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Where: Room 516 at G.O. Jones Building., Mile End

Speaker: Professor Caroline Dessent

Building Belonging into Delivering Chemical Sciences Teaching and Training

York Chemistry has a well-established reputation for its work to support Gender Equality in Science careers.  Much of the early work conducted by the department focused on recruiting and retaining women, and ensuring that they were promoted at equal rates to men.  This initial focus on gender equality has evolved into a broader work that encompasses many aspects of diversity and inclusion, including LGBTQ+, race and disability.  Over recent years, the department has made efforts to ensure that its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) work extends into how it delivers teaching to undergraduate chemists.  In this talk, I’ll give an account of work done to decolonise and diversify the Chemistry Curriculum at York, and broader efforts to promote EDI throughout our chemistry teaching and training.  I’ll also describe some of the EDI research projects being conducted in the department to develop new approaches to support minoritized students.