Securing EDI futures toolkit: Stormproofing EDI Research Ecosystems in UK HEIs
Key messages Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) progress remains slow within the UK HE research sector due to the absence of definitive, vigorous objectives across governance and infrastructural frameworks. It is imperative that the EDI research ecosystem (inclusive of research practice, process and management) demonstrates increased agility within this evolving sector while strengthening institutional transparency and distributed accountability. Recommendations include: • a shared, collective approach across Senior Management Teams (SMTs) • more than a regulatory-based EDI approach, characterised by: 1) more customised methods 2) researcher expertise informing institutional practice • EDI priorities spanning all aspects of institutional functioning • a community-based accountability approach including consistent institution-wide communication around progress against EDI priorities • proactive and systematic, rather than reactive and piecemeal, investment
By Karisha Kimone George, Susannah Williams, Natalie Wall and Nicholas Pleace.
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