Successful bids
This section provides an overview of successful bids to the Diversity Fund
| Project description | Project lead | Amount granted | Project status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Returning Carers' Fund: a University-wide grants scheme to support the return to research of individuals who have taken a break for maternity or other caring responsibilities | Divisional Offices/ EDU | £400,000 |
A review of in 2016 showed that it was successful in meeting its goals, and was established on a permanent basis. |
| A series of high profile lectures by women outstanding in their field. | Dr Rebecca Surender (PVC Diversity) | £24,000 | The lecture series was launched in February 2016. Visit the Women of Achievement webpage for more information. |
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An online repository of the experiences of women in science at Oxford |
Professor Sue Ziebland (Primary Care Health Sciences) and Chris Price (Radcliffe Department of Medicine) |
£69,008 |
The website was launched in April 2016. |
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A ‘Women in Mathematics’ event in collaboration with the London Mathematical Society |
Professor Frances Kirwan (Mathematical Institute), Professor Alison Etheridge (Department of Statistics) and Professor David Gavaghan (Department of Computer Science) |
£20,000 |
The event took place in April 2015. A second two-day conference for school girls was held in January 2016 following this successful pilot. |
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The diversification of the portraiture in Wellington Square and the Exam Schools |
Trudy Coe (EDU) |
£47,000 |
The Portraits now hang in the Exams School, for more information on the project visit the Diversifying Portraiture website |
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University-wide provision of personal development training for female research staff, on the lines of the current Springboard women’s development programme |
Professor Ros Ballaster (University Skills Group) |
£33,221 |
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Research projects in MSD and SSD to identify the cultural barriers to the progression of women |
Professor Mary Daly and Stephen Conway (SSD Divisional Office) |
£77,410 |
Surveys were conducted across the two divisions and results disseminated through a series of workshops. SSD has developed a divisional action plan in response to findings from the survey and a follow-on piece of qualitative research. |
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A post to support the development of the University’s application to the Race Equality Charter Mark |
Emma Potts (AAD) |
£52,871 |
The postholder is in place and the University was awarded a Bronze Race Equality Charter Mark award in 2017. |
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The creation of a number of Daphne Jackson Fellowships and related communications to promote the possibilities for part-time working in research posts |
Professor Stu West (Zoology) |
£84,000 |
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A UK Women in Physics Intercollegiate Conference for undergraduate Physics students, closely modelled on a successful US initiative |
Professor Daniela Bortoletto (Physics) |
£27,000 |
The event took place in March 2015. A second event was run in March 2016 following the success of the pilot. |
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A flagship event on women in science to be held as part of the 2014 Co-Education Celebrations |
Christine Fairchild (Alumni Office) |
£1,900 |
The event took place in November 2014. |
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A conference on 'Gender and Ethics in the Philosophy Profession' |
Dr Paul Lodge (Philosophy) |
£5,400 |
The event took place in June 2015. A number of initiatives within departments and the profession more generally have arisen as a result. |
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Support to the OxFEST conference 'Postcards from the Future: Rewriting the Script for Women in STEM' |
Anna Muszkiewicz and Ronja Woloszczuk (OxFEST) |
£1,600 |
The event took place in March 2015. |
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Race and the curriculum in Oxford: a series of events to support diversification of the curriculum in terms of racial and ethnic perspectives |
Philippa O'Connor (Education Policy Support) |
£17,800 |
The lectures took place. |
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A project to integrate LGBT history into the curriculum |
Professor Dan Healey (History) |
£1,450 |
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A series of public engagement events and installations to link in with the TORCH Headline Series 2017 on Diversity |
Professor Elleke Boehmer and Victoria McGuinness (TORCH) |
£50,000 |
TORCH headline series Humanities & Identities 2016-18 |
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Parents for STEM futures |
Daisy Hung (MPLS Divisional Office) |
£10,000 |
Read more at the Just add imagination webpage |
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An online resource on the experiences of disabled staff members |
Caroline Moughton (EDU) and Dr Sara Ryan (Primary Care Health Sciences) |
£50,015 |
Read more at the Disability Narratives website |
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Diversity training |
Sharon Neal (OLI) |
£17,900 |
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LGBT role models programme |
Tony Brett (LGBT Advisory Group) |
£6,250 |
Following the workshop an Oxford specific version was developed. This workshop is now delivered twice a year with a growing Network of LGBT+ Role Models. |
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BME leaders event |
Nita Fisher (BME staff network) |
£1,500 |
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| Project name | Lead | Amount awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Curriculum Diversity | David Gibson | £5,000 |
| Engaging Chinese students with counselling | Alan Percy | £3,400 |
| Engaging BME audiences with GLAM | Nicola Bird | £8,750 |
| Beyond Boundaries | Daisy Hung | £10,000 |
| Oxford and Colonialism | Laura van Broekhoven | £9,292 |
| Assistive software for students in examinations | Kathy Noren-Curtis | £11,100 |
| Suffrage Centenary programme | Senia Paseta | £12,000 |
| Raising awareness of sexual violence in the LGBT+ community | Caroline Kennedy | £8,000 |
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Project name |
Project lead |
Description |
Amount granted |
|---|---|---|---|
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BAME Dietary Requirements |
Ruedi Baumann |
A project to provide practical support for colleges to cater for students and staff members from BAME and observant religious backgrounds. Outputs will include a menu library; ‘train the trainer’ modules; demonstrations from specialist caterers; and a networking event for college and University caterers. |
£12,000 |
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Talks on Race and Intersectionality |
Alexander Gordon |
A series of short talks to be arranged by the BME Staff Network in conjunction with other actors in the University to initiate or advance discussions of intersectionality. The talks will provide a forum for staff members of colour to discuss their issues and community concerns in the context of the wider University, and to engage with others on these topics. |
£2,000 |
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Mindsets and Diversity |
Dr Vicky Neale |
A project to understand attitudinal factors affecting the underperformance of and progression to further study amongst some groups of Oxford undergraduates in highly mathematical subjects and to develop and pilot interventions to address attainment gaps and continuation gaps, based on the findings. |
£9,598 |
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Onyx Magazine |
Theophina Gabriel |
Onyx Magazine will be launched in October 2018 and will publish the art, poetry and writing of students of African and Caribbean heritage. Onyx aims to make Oxford appear more accessible to students of colour and counteract the impression that Oxford is not a university where the voices of its students of colour are heard or represented. |
£2,668 |
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Resources for Schools |
Dr Miles Larmer |
Established in early 2017, Resources for Schools has enabled historians at the Faculty of History to produce classroom resources for teachers to deliver teaching of British, global and imperial history in general and the GCSE option course ‘Migration, Empire and the Peoples’ in particular. The second phase of the project will employ a project manager to identify areas of particular demand, work with Oxford historians to develop appropriate resources, upload these to the project webpage and further develop the webpage to ensure it meets the needs of users. |
£6,901 |
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Tomorrow’s Oxford Heads |
Prof Heather Viles |
The project aims to enhance the visibility of women and under-represented groups in the University of Oxford in its externally-facing public sculpture. In particular, the project aims to scope out ideas for a series of new, more diverse, carved Heads for display around the Sheldonian Theatre. In 2019, the 350th anniversary of the unveiling of the first generation of Heads, the project will install a temporary display of more diverse Heads which will contribute to a better portrayal of the spirit of the University to the public. |
£16,086 |
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Mentoring Admissions Pathway |
Dr Lorraine Wild |
This pilot project aims to increase the number of state school students applying to read Geography at the University of Oxford and to support state school students to make more competitive applications, by offering applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to be mentored by current undergraduates. |
£8,654 |
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Project name |
Project lead |
Description |
Amount |
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Community Ambassadors Training Programme |
Nicola Bird, GLAM |
To pilot a focussed training programme for a new cohort of Community Ambassadors (CAs), to enable CAs and GLAM to work together to create innovative and truly collaborative inclusive partnerships on future projects. |
£10,357 |
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Diversifying STEM Curriculum |
Daisy Hung, MPLS |
A project to create a resource bank of high quality and well-researched content that could be easily integrated into undergraduate teaching and to disseminate approaches to diversifying STEM curriculum across MPLS. |
£16,600 |
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Improving Researcher Diversity in Research Funding Success |
Jenny Gladstone, Research Services |
A research project to identify the barriers faced by under-represented groups in applying for research funding and to find ways of working with the University’s key funders to effect high-impact change. |
£26,177 |
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Telling Our Story Better |
Sophie Ratcliffe, English Faculty |
A collaborative project to showcase the diverse careers and achievements of those who have studied English at Oxford. |
£16,573 |
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Women in Clinical Neuroscience Network |
Michele Hu, NDCN |
To establish a professional network for female clinical neuroscientists, providing connections, training and visibility to support career progression. |
£9,580 |
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| Project name | Project lead | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diversity Translation Project | Phillip Rothwell, Medieval and Modern Languages | A project to translate and make widely available work currently unavailable in English by writers who have traditionally been overlooked because of the biases of national literary canons and the global literary market. | £6,296.40 |
| Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in IT | Richard Carpenter, Faculty of Oriental Studies | A workshop series to promote mental health and wellbeing for IT Support Staff in client-facing and managerial positions. | £8,556 |
| Neurodiversity at Oxford | Laura Seymour, English Faculty | A project offering neurodiverse staff and students a rich set of resources and activities for information, support, building social and professional networks, and mentoring. | £11,971.58 |
| Understanding British Empire and Afrikan heritage and culture | Nicola Bird, GLAM | A collaborative project working with and for young people, local communities, artists and GLAM to research, explore and facilitate more balanced, inclusive approaches to the representation and learning around histories, heritage and culture. | £17,850 |
| BIPOC STEM Network | Victor Ajuwon, Zoology | Support to the network to hold speaker events, a Black History Month event and to develop a video interview series with BIPOC researchers working within STEM at Oxford. | £12,108.39 (over three years) |
