Expanding Horizons: The Vital Role of Diversity in Higher Education
Expanding Horizons: The Vital Role of Diversity in Higher Education
- Event time: 1:00pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 26th July 2024
- Speaker: Dr Dwayne Spiteri (University of Glasgow)
- Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) 6301 James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
Diversity is a word that is often overused and misunderstood. It’s an assumed social good, but striving towards something without having an idea what it is, why it is good or knowing possible endpoints is often very dangerous. I would like you to join me on this journey to explore what diversity can and should mean; why it’s relevant to academic thinking; and what you can do to try and affect change in diversity in Higher Education.
Seminar will be 1-2pm, followed by time for discussion.
Lunch will be provided for attendees!
About EDI open lunchtime meetings
Physics & Astronomy Equality, Diversity & Inclusion lunchtime meetings - everyone in the School is welcome - both students and staff. Most meetings are at lunchtime. Our aim is to discuss and learn on how to be the best physicists we can be. We host a range of speakers - from our own students and staff to Nobel prize winners - on topics including physics education, outreach, gender & physics, race & physics, decolonising physics, as well as discussing current physics & astronomy research!.