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Staff Pride Network

Staff Pride Network

The Staff Pride Network is an inclusive network that serves as a resource for the rich diversity of LGBT+ employees across the institution, including PhD students who prefer to attend staff events. We strive to take an intersectional approach to providing a safe, supportive and welcoming environment for all people who self identify as part of LGBT+ communities, whether or not they are 'out' in the wider world, and to make LGBT+ issues more visible within the University environment. Different organisations use different acronyms to refer to specific groups, and terminology is always evolving. Our definition of LGBT+ includes, among others, those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, gender fluid, intersex, non-binary, asexual, pansexual and polyamorous. It also includes all those individuals and communities whose sexuality or gender identity is a matter of shared personal, political and/or social experience, as well as those who are LGBT+ allies.

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Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk

Emily Ford-Halliday, ECA Fashion Lecturer & SPN Design Volunteer, has had two of her ‘Fashion in the Dark’ films selected to be part of this incredible exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. The opening on 24 May was a great success and the exhibition is now open to the public until 20 October. Go… Continue Reading Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk

26th May 2019

Survey results pie chart

Staff Pride Network Survey Report 2019

The Staff Pride Network undertook this survey with the aim of improving our organisation and future events. Thank you for helping us learn by completing it. 80 people responded to the survey and answered 16 questions that touched upon attendance to events, the reasons why you find this network important, communication, approachability, and representation. You… Continue Reading Staff Pride Network Survey Report 2019

25th May 2019

Rally for Trans Solidarity

This article is written by EUSA. The Staff Pride Network are in support of this Rally for Trans Solidarity which is organised by EUSA. “Following a request by the University to edit the contents of this post we have chosen instead to remove it as we are unwilling to edit the words of others.”  

24th May 2019

Pride Edinburgh 2019

Prior to the Pride Edinburgh march on Saturday 22 June, we’ll be meeting at Levels Cafe on Holyrood Road at 11.30am and plan to head to the march at 12ish for a 12.30 start. Join us at Levels so you can find us easily. We are making placards for our beautiful posters so do let… Continue Reading Pride Edinburgh 2019

24th May 2019

Growing the Big Grant Club

Join us for the launch of ‘Evidence Base: Growing the Big Grant Club’ on the 21 of June 2019 in the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Evidence Base formed in 2018 with funding from the EPSRC to promote and execute a systems based approach to understanding issues of equality, diversity and inclusion in STEM. “Growing the… Continue Reading Growing the Big Grant Club

21st May 2019

Promoting equality through sustainable procurement

Recently, University of Edinburgh staff, including Andy Kordiak and Peter Hayakawa from the University Procurement Office, participated in intensive trainings and discussions on ways to promote equality through public procurement for those who share protected characteristics (including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual… Continue Reading Promoting equality through sustainable procurement

20th May 2019

HESA data category to recognise non-binary identities

The University is required by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 to submit statistical returns to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), under category labels set down by HESA. Institutions are now able to report staff sex under three categories: ‘male’, ‘female’ and ‘other’. Although the naming of this last category is far from… Continue Reading HESA data category to recognise non-binary identities

16th May 2019

Staff Pride Network poster

University-wide poster display

Thanks if you have already put up Staff Pride Network posters around your building, on noticeboards, in staff rooms etc… Posters share our common message, and it would be great to have these displayed in all buildings around the University. We have printed 300 posters, and there are still plenty to collect and distribute, so… Continue Reading University-wide poster display

16th May 2019

Staff attending the Informatics Jamboree

Informatics Jamboree

The School of Informatics held its annual Jamboree on Friday 26th April. The day is a social gathering for staff and their families to come along and take part in activities such as a silent disco, a tango class, a pub quiz, arts and crafts, board games.  This all followed with a ceilidh in the… Continue Reading Informatics Jamboree

16th May 2019

Presenters and attendees at the LGBT+Network of Networks in Higher Education meeting

Sharing best practice in Higher Eduction

The LGBT+ Network of Networks in Higher Education (LGBTNoNHE) meets quarterly and works to support members to share, exchange and develop best practice regarding equality, diversity and inclusion in Higher Education. The March 2019 meeting at Sheffield Hallam University covered a large number of issues including embedding LGBT into procurement practices and and supply, service… Continue Reading Sharing best practice in Higher Eduction

16th May 2019

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