Upcoming Events:
EDI Monthly Connect Meeting
3 December, drop in from 2pm until 3pm
Online via Teams
The Equality and Diversity Unit warmly invite you to join them for a casual and confidential social drop in. Come along to chat, share and connect informally with like-minded professionals from across the EDI and wider Oxford community.
Simply email the EDU if you wish to join us
Find out more
Athena Swan Termly Community-Building Session: Gender and Organisational Change Frameworks
27 November 2024, 11.30am to 1pm
Online Via Teams
Join members of the Athena Swan Working Group for a virtual learning and community networking session on Athena Swan. This will be the first in a termly series of sessions for Athena Swan practitioners, coordinators and/or members of Self-Assessment Teams. It follows on from the successful Athena Swan Learning Showcase which took place in September.
Each session will:
• Delve into a learning topic, to support in preparing for and actioning Athena Swan commitments
• Share Advance HE or University updates on applying for Athena Swan
• Provide an opportunity to ask questions and discuss timely issues, and to get to know others working on Athena Swan across the University.
This session will focus on building a baseline understanding of common organisational gender frameworks, including an overview of theoretical frameworks as well as practical tools to support in auditing gender equality and developing interventions.
Register here for the virtual session
Parenting Out Loud: Normalising Equal Parenting in 2024
11 December 2024, 11.00am to 12.30pm
Said Business School and online
On the heels of the University improving its paternity and partners leave entitlement – and leading the Russell Group – what else can we do at Oxford to encourage and normalise equal parenting?
The Equality and Diversity Unit is delighted to welcome Dr. Holly Birkett, Co-Director of the Equal Parenting Project at the University of Birmingham, to present the latest research on fatherhood and parenting in the UK, and what Oxford can learn from it. She will be joined by a panel of advocates from across the University, who are all walking the walk of parenting loudly.
More details to follow on the programme in November.
Register here
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Calendar of EDI dates 2024/25
You may find this list of awareness days and weeks useful for timing events and communications activities.
The University of Oxford is a diverse community, with people from many religious and cultural backgrounds. While this calendar is intended as a starting point, we recognise that there are many other dates that are significant to individuals and communities.
If we have missed an important date or got something wrong please let us know.
