Author Archives: seaniemr

Another excellent event hosted by Gowling with speakers from Stonewall and the Alliance. More to follow…

This was a very wide-ranging conference on equality and diversity attracting people with a range of roles from a variety of organisations. My focus was on LGBT People in the workplace. My key messages were: why LGBT and the workplace … Continued

Two great days discussing a wide range of LGBT issues in higher education – a wealth of practical advice on how to best support our students and staff and some incisive and thought-provoking presentations from cutting-edge academics in this field. … Continued

The Alliance Network runs events looking at work place issues in professional services. This event, hosted by Pinsent Masons, focussed on keeping graduates out of the closet. In addition to advising on the format of the evening, I spoke at the opening … Continued

Mercer is an international firm providing a wide range of professional services. Their LGBT Staff network, Wireless, ran an event looking at how to create an LGBT inclusive workplace, focussing on lesbians. This was one the very few LGBT events I’ve … Continued

Irwin Mitchell is a large law firm with 15 offices around the country. They asked me to join their LGBT staff network, IMEqual , in one of their regular videoconference events to talk about the mentoring scheme I run for the … Continued

This article outlines the mentoring scheme I set up for the University of Birmingham. It emphasises the collaboration between different departments of the University and the benefits to students in terms of their mental health. If you have any questions … Continued

I was asked to provide an opening speech outlining some of the current LGBT issues for staff and students in HE today. Areas I covered included: transition to HE; an inclusive curriculum; induction/Freshers Week; international LGBT students; employability; internships and placements; … Continued

Great to be back at Stonewall Conference – 800 delegates, 100 at the workshop I spoke at: Proud employers: Recruiting diverse talent. My focus was on retention. It’s all very well spending time and resources recruiting LGBT graduates, but what do … Continued

24th February 2016: Equality Challenge Unit meeting. As part of my work researching LGBT staff networks and allies schemes I was invited to a meeting at ECU to explore how best to link networks across the HE and FE sector. … Continued