Thread by @MinoritySTEM

Today I thought I'd start by talking about community. One of the initiatives I have been a part of and is very dear to my heart, is the African-Caribbean Research Collective @ACRC_UK
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We are a collective of Black British PhD candidates and holders across the arts, humanities, social sciences and STEM, who are of Caribbean descent.
Oh yeah and just a note, Caribbean people are not just Jamaican.
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After damning statistics highlighted by @LeadingRoutes in their Broken Pipeline Report about the underrepresentation in the awarding of @Ukri research council funded studentships, we took matters into our own hands. leadingroutes.org/mdocs-posts/th…

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Using the power of Twitter we organised ourselves into a group, that now has over 50 members and provides a safe space and community for us to talk, address concerns and collaborate.
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This space has been life-changing for me, especially during a time period where members of the groups have lost loved ones to COVID-19, faced a lack of support from various UK academic institutions and the general uncertainty in academia right now.
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I must stress that this work is totally voluntary. It takes a lot to hold, keep together and uplift each other. This is 100% peer support.
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I thought I’d show you snippets of some of the speaker discussions we have had. Firstly, here is the first Black Professor of Scotland, Emeritus Professor @SirGeoffPalmer who shared his experiences with us.
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Secondly, we had the amazing Professor Olivette Otele, @Historian, the first Black Female Professor of History at a UK Unviersity.
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Oh yeah and one of my favourites, as he an all-round genuinely cool person but amazing STEM academic, Professor Chris Jackson of @imperialcollege
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I'll leave you with the question, how much harder is it to become what you can’t see? Please support our work. A website, YouTube channel with lots of content and publications are on their way but for now follow @ACRC_UK
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