ENHANCING THE EMPLOYABILITY OF LGBT PEOPLE
Equal Engineers was set up by Dr Mark McBride-Wright and this is the first careers fair ‘focused specifically on improving diversity and inclusion in the engineering pipeline, bringing together candidates from multi-strand backgrounds and identities into one place.’ He also … Continued
OpenLand is a midlands-based networking group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans professionals working in the real estate, property and construction sectors. For details of this event see the OpenLand website. Previous events have included speakers specialising in the property … Continued
I co-presented with colleagues from the University of Birmingham at the ECU National Conference as part of the workshop ‘Queering the Academy’. The session covered the LGBT Inclusive Curriculum Project now in it’s fourth year at the University. I covered work … Continued
A great range of participants from: travel, housing associations, government, charities, local councils, the police, education, defence and training. My session focussed on the experience of new graduates and their expectations of employers. Some of the issues covered included: the … Continued
The 6th year of the LGBT Mentoring Scheme launched last night with a record number of 25 University of Birmingham students and mentors from occupations across the city including engineering, charities, accountancy, law, academics, local authorities and training. Mentors identified themselves … Continued
A PhD student is carrying out some research on LGBT+ students’ beliefs and well-being. A description of the research follows: What is the purpose of the study and who can take part? We are looking for UK College or University … Continued