October is Black History Month and there are some exciting events scheduled to celebrate. Here’s some information about the upcoming events: Black History Month Lunchtime Talks These talks are organised by the Scottish Graduate Schools of Social Science and Arts and Humanities. You can register online on Eventbrite. Look out especially for the talk on […]

The Business School is organising two events which are open to other teaching staff across the University. Dr rashné limki (she/her), Lecturer in Work and Organisation Studies and Equality and Diversity Director, University of Edinburgh Business School, writes: The ongoing political situations, with regards to the Covid-19 pandemic and the resurgence of mass action against anti-back […]

To mark International Fathers’ Mental Health Day, the Roslin Career Development Committee are hosting an online seminar and Q&A on Tuesday 23 June , 12.30-1.30pm on Dads’ Mental Health. Chris Miezetis from Fathers Network Scotland will discuss why the mental health of fathers matters to outcomes for families, how to identify signs of poor mental […]

Dr Hannah Holtschneider, Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies, has written a blog post on racism and protest in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, called Thinking through #BlackLivesMatter See the blog https://hannahholtschneider.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/thinking-through-blacklivesmatter/

The Roslin Career Development Committee, in collaboration with Fathers Network Scotland, is offering a virtual workshop on The Secret Lives of Working Dads, Tuesday 26 May 12.30 -2pm. The interactive workshop aims to provide all dads the opportunity to discuss their own context of their own personal beliefs alongside societal norms and the behaviours they […]

Edinburgh Research Office has launched a new toolkit designed to help Principal Investigators (PIs) complete the Gender Equality Statement, which is a compulsory part of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and Newton Fund application process. The GCRF Gender Equality Statement requires researchers consider five issues: Have measures been put in place to ensure equal and […]

The University’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) has launched its annual Colleague Recognition Awards for staff in the College. They include an award for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion award is given to an individual or group who makes an outstanding contribution to progressing equality, inclusion and diversity […]

The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is organising a series of workshops, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) Cultural Heritage 6 December 2019, 0930-1230 hours What role does the past play in the present? How do we, in the present, exercise sovereignty over the past, and operationalise it […]