School of Social and Political Science

Description

This workshop is part of the Wellcome Trust funded InFrame Catalyst Projects involving the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow and the University of St Andrews

Our project seeks to strengthen dialogues and policies on widening participation by addressing first generation / working class students who became academics – an aspect of research culture which is often overlooked when talking about diversity in academia.

For more information about InFrame and its variety of projects see: https://www.ed.ac.uk/research-innovation/research-cultures/inframe-project and https://sway.cloud.microsoft/Mp2Wbuc9MAWskRcn  For more information about our FirstGen project see: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/fGIHoSYRpcchaNGw?ref=Link

Workshop Details 

The workshop will take place on Monday 13th April in the Pod room of the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI), High School Yards, from 10 am to 4pm.

The morning session will set out the origin of our project and share first results, giving an overview of relevant academic literature and historic research on class and social mobility through academia, including featuring the work of our keynote speaker Dr Lucy Yeomans from the University of Exeter.

The afternoon session will set out the importance of our work for policy across universities. We will be joined by Fiona McClement, overall EDI Lead for the University of Edinburgh. 

We also have an panel session showcasing the ways in which creative writing can help to share life stories, led by writer Dr Pippa Goldschmidt.

If you wish to attend, please email us to indicate your interest in attending, and say whether you can attend for the whole day, or just the morning or afternoon.

Places are limited, and we will confirm your attendance by email later.

With best wishes on behalf of the project team,

Mark Cassidy and Niki Vermeulen

Niki Vermeulen Niki.Vermeulen@ed.ac.uk

Mark Cassidy Mark.Cassidy@ed.ac.uk