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The University of Birmingham is launching an Allies scheme designed to raise the visibility of those non – LGBTQ people who wish to make a statement of support and inclusivity for LGBTQ staff and students. I ran two exploratory workshops … Continued

Medical and Dental Students go on placement during their courses to hospitals, clinics, GP surgeries, physios. I ran two sessions for medical professionals who receive such students who are studying for the Education for the Health Professionals Qualification  . It is validated … Continued

I ran a 3 hour workshop for academic and non-academic staff  from a wide range of roles. A really good example of close co-operation between the Students’ Union – who came up with the idea – and the university’s Staff … Continued

The University of Birmingham and  Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan universities have combined to set up a scheme whereby student ambassadors are trained to be Equality and Diversity Ambassadors to work with fellow students and university staff to enhance the university … Continued

Are university careers services providing the best service for LGBT students who, as graduates, interns or postgraduates, face a different set of challenges?  Well, some are , some are not. Best practice includes dedicated pages of advice, LGBT employer events, … Continued

The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS)  is the expert membership organisation for higher education student career development and graduate employment professionals and I presented a session on ensuring their services were inclusive of and attractive to LGBT students. … Continued

The student mental health charity, Student Minds, has conducted a survey and report: LGBTQ+ Student Mental Health: The challenges and needs of gender, sexual and romantic minorities in Higher Education.  I was invited to a discussion of the survey’s findings along … Continued

The Higher Education LGBT+ Network of Networks has been running for over a year now. It brings together university LGBT+ staff networks to share good practice and hear from guest speakers. I have been an adviser to the Network from … Continued

The University runs a course for health professionals who teach undergraduate medical students, Education For Health Professionals, E4HP . There are two groups: the first, about 40 people,  who are recently qualified and return to teach undergraduates specific hospital skills. The … Continued

It seems there is more and more research being conducted in the area of LGBT people’s experiences.  I was delighted to take part in an interview by a PhD student from the University of Westminster Business School who asked me about … Continued