On Wednesday 2nd March 2022, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee at the IoA gave a lunchtime seminar on the EDI activities and updates for the second quarter of the academic year. Updates included the new website, upcoming activities and training sessions, the Athena Swan gender charter, and the National Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Hub.
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Dr Martina Quaggiotto and Dr Jo Clarke, lecturers in Ecology at the University of Stirling, are carrying out a project aiming to identify potential barriers and solutions to Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) experienced by undergraduate students participating in field courses. They are looking for staff who teach in Environmental Science, or related, degrees at
NERC is offering the opportunity to fund EDI research in environmental science. They are looking for innovative approaches to: – Tackle specific DEI challenges facing environmental science disciplines;– Test effective approaches to improve EDI;– Bring together individuals to raise the awareness of opportunities for increasing diversity within the environmental sciences. NERC EDI funding link here.
To kick off the launch of EDIAqua and celebrate International Women’s Day on Tuesday, 8th March 2022, EDIAqua will be hosting a film screening of Beneath the Tide (2015). This short film, directed by Greek filmmaker Kat Zoula, follows several women involved in the seaweed aquaculture industry in Paje, Tanzania. On the island of Zanzibar
We are the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) committee of the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling. Committee members include a range of staff and students in different roles and career stages (you can find out more about current committee members here). As a committee we are dedicated to ensuring that the Institute