ENHANCING THE EMPLOYABILITY OF LGBT PEOPLE
This was an exceptional event for two reasons: (a) the numbers – 220 delegates, the largest LGBT+ conference I’ve been too outside of Stonewall’s annual Workplace Conference (b) the speakers and presenters were human beings! At some conferences the speakers … Continued
I ran a workshop for staff, students and external visitors as part of Bath Spa’s extensive LGBT History Month programme. It was entitled ‘Towards an LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum’ and drew on the University of Birmingham’s project of this name. See the Universities … Continued
I’ll be introducing speakers at this evening event looking at the improving experience of the LGBTQ+ community in the workplace. For booking and further details of the speakers, follow this link. You’ll hear from a range of speakers form across the … Continued
I’ll be speaking at this conference on the particular issues facing LGBTQ+ students. I’ll be posting the headlines from this conference soon afterwards. I’m also very happy to share PPoints, so do get in touch. Download here
This network has been established for over a year now providing a forum for HE LGBT Staff Networks to meet to share good practice. The usual format is a few presentations and plenty of time to network and it’s FREE! … Continued
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