Equality Diversity and Inclusion Conference

This conference will bring together the annual Advance HE EDI conference with the biannual Scottish conference with the theme – Courageous .. Read more conversations and adventurous approaches: creative thinking in tackling inequality. Courageous conversations and adventurous approaches: Creative thinking in tackling inequality - Supported by the Scottish Funding Council. The theme of this conference speaks to the reality of EDI work in both HE and FE - a growing focus for attention internally and externally, ambitious, analytical, forward-looking, practical and increasingly complex. Whether focusing on newly emerging issues or dealing with those that are stubbornly persistent, as a sector we can seek inspiration, insight and guidance to navigate the EDI landscape through sharing learning and advancing evidence-based good practice. Learning from both inside and outside the HE/FE sector can stimulate new ideas and innovative approaches to tackling systemic inequalities. With institutions taking increasingly intersectional approaches to equality work, aspects of inequality once hidden and silenced are emerging in colleges and universities. Creating space for once unspeakable conversations will increase capacity in the sector to examine the experiences of people who may be left behind in traditional approaches to equality and address emerging practical challenges.