EastBio and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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At any time, students can complete in person half-day awareness-building courses within any EastBio Institution that are aimed to raise their awareness of unconscious bias, to apply that awareness to an HEI setting and to develop ideas for research-led actions to mitigate personal, managerial and organisational bias in key people processes. Online courses are also available via our partner institutions and we would like to know of your suggestions for training you would like EastBio to provide to our students or supervisors. 

Listening to what students have suggested, we aim to embed EDI statements and provision across the EastBio life, from recruitment to training. Concrete examples include having EDI sessions in our training, and asking students who help organise or co-organise events to contribute innovative ways of making sure that our EDI mandate is met. We are in the process of setting up a sub-committee and prioritising key actions. 

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We also encourage individuals to become drivers for change by making contributions focused on personal or community-based experiences and insights to boost the visibility of various identities, consolidate our inclusive research ethos and help to embed recognition and broad respect for those identities. EastBio supports such contributions to our programme and our media, printed or digital, as well as any student initiative to create resource or network groups for specific student-focus interests. 

Further resources 

• EastBio EDI Statement - this is to be reviewed by the EastBio EDI Committee annually and updated with recommendations for actions to address agreed priorities.

  • EastBio EDI Statement.docx (113.5 KB)

• A useful set of relevant resources on The Wellbeing Thesis, accessible to students and supervisors alike.
  • The Wellbeing Thesis

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  Protecting your mental health A practical guide for postgraduate research students in STEM (873.5 KB / PDF)

• The University of Edinburgh Liberation Officers team can be approached to channel and provide support to marginalised students.
  • The University of Edinburgh Liberation Officers
• University of Edinburgh Biological Sciences Additional Caring Costs Fund
• University of Edinburgh Inclusive Language
• University of Edinburgh Mental Health Network