Last year I was on a panel with colleagues discussing EDI issues with senior academics and funding body reps. It was the most personal speech I've ever given and afterwards several audience members said they'd contact me so we could focus on change. What do you think happened?
https://twitter.com/DrPetra/status/1226568668148125696
You would be correct if you guessed:
- nobody contacted me as promised
- no, not even the ones whose details I'd asked for who I messaged and asked if they wanted to move things forward as they'd pledged.
- nobody contacted me as promised
- no, not even the ones whose details I'd asked for who I messaged and asked if they wanted to move things forward as they'd pledged.
Here's the details of the event page.exlibrisgroup.com/research-profe… which was excellent (and not just because of our panel😄 the whole day was really interesting and useful). I left with high hopes I'd got people who I'd been trying to reach for years in a room to listen and act. I failed.
Anyway, here we are, a year on, and if anything the need to address rights, dignity, access, safety, wellbeing, and other EDI issues has become even more pressing. I remain open to working on this and helping others do so, I'm not alone, many colleagues are also doing the same.
Incidentally one of the funding bodies represented (who didn't contact me) did a related project I volunteered for (not knowing it was them) and after sharing *the same information* and being told this was *so useful* and a follow up interview would take place, again, nothing.
More evidence of unwillingness to make any effort to change or improve EDI in universities
https://twitter.com/AddyAdelaine/status/1359102135502319618?s=20
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