Inclusion Week 2023
Inclusion Week 2023
Inclusion Week at the University of Huddersfield is organised in partnership with the Students’ Union to raise awareness and celebrate the diversity of our University community. Join us for a week of events (online and in person) to highlight a broad spectrum of inclusion topics.
All events are open to both students and staff.
Menopause Talk and Support Panel: Smashing the Stigma
Monday 13th March
12:00pm-13:00pm
Hybrid event (attendees can join through Teams)
The McClelland Suite, Floor 7, Schwann Building
A chance to ask questions, share experiences, discuss support mechanisms, and smash the stigma!
This event will be an in-conversation style panel, made up of members of the Staff Wellbeing Menopause Talk and Support Group. It provides an opportunity to share and build on some of the conversations within the group, whilst helping to educate others, and raise awareness of the realities of the menopause.
Although this event is brought to you by members of the Menopause Talk and Support Group, everyone is welcome to attend! The discussion will be helpful to all staff and students, and we encourage the attendance of Line Managers, partners of those who are going through the menopause, or anyone who wishes to learn more about the symptoms and realities of those experiencing it.
Anti-Racism and Allyship Workshop
Tuesday 14th March
12:00pm-13:30pm
Room OA5/11, Floor 5, Oastler Building, University of Huddersfield
Delivered by Hannah Alipoor, Schools and Colleges Liaison Officer at the University of Huddersfield.
This workshop covers privilege, microaggressions and how to be an ally, whilst also creating a safe space for teams to ask questions, share experiences and reflect on our previous behaviour. The outcome of this is to widen knowledge and get colleagues to reflect on their position of privilege, microaggressions and allyship.
Removing barriers to learning for students with dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia
Wednesday 15th March
14:30pm-16:00pm
Lockside Building - LS1/14.
Do you teach students or produce study resources?
Join us and learn about the barriers that students face when learning in lectures and studying online. This workshop will recommend adjustments and inclusive teaching strategies so that we can help every student reach their full potential.
This workshop will help you:
- Recognise the primary characteristics of students with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Dyscalculia.
- Understand the barriers to learning and studying that these students face.
- Implement inclusive teaching strategies to serve the needs of these students.
- Recommended assistive technologies to support students with these learning disabilities.
- Produce digital content that is accessible to all.
Who should attend?
This workshop is useful for anyone who teaches or prepares digital resources for students. It will help you support students who have specific learning difficulties.
Book your place on this campus workshop.
For further information please contact Joanna Brown or Andy Eachus.
Heteronormativity and Gender Binarism
Thursday 16th March
12:00pm-13:00pm
Online Session
Ever wondered why we sometimes feel like we have to act in certain ways? Or why violence against women continues to take place? Or why trans people face discrimination? Or why you may be expected to get married and settle down, even if you might not want to?
This lecture and discussion provides us with some tools to think about gender and sexuality in a critical way. It will help us to understand the social structures that underpin discrimination, and ways in which we can be more open, tolerant, and kind to each other. It is open to you regardless of your own personal sexual or gender identity. All that is required is an enquiring mind and a willingness to value differences and hear other’s insights, within a supportive environment.
Surya Monro is a Professor in Sociology and Social Policy based at the University of Huddersfield.
Surya has published substantially in the fields of gender and sexuality, notably on LGBT and Intersex issues. She is the author of Gender Politics: Citizenship, Activism, and Sexual Diversity (Pluto Press 2005) co-author of Sexuality, Equality and Diversity (Palgrave MacMillan, 2012), author of Bisexuality (Palgrave MacMillan, 2015), co-author of Intersex, Variations if Sex Characteristics and DSD: The Need for Change (University of Huddersfield 2017) and co-editor of Queer in Africa (Routledge 2018). She leads the Intersex: New Interdisciplinary Approaches project (INIA) in collaboration with intersex activists and academics.