Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Just another University of Greenwich blog
The first national conference of the UK’s disabled workforce is being arranged by the University of Manchester’s Disabled Staff Network. The conference will take place on 6 June 2014 and is entitled ‘What are we Hiding?’
To find out more about the conference go to their website
Scope’s latest campaign is entitled ‘End the Awkard’ aimed at reducing the awkwardness some people feel around disabled people. Find out more about the campaign on the Scope website.
Portugal’s Helena Costa is to be the highest-profile female manager of a European men’s team after being named head coach of Clermont Foot in France.
Costa, a former scout for Scottish Premiership side Celtic, has coached the Iran women’s team since 2012.
The 36-year-old, who has also coached Benfica’s male youth teams and the Qatar women’s side, will join Clermont at the end of the season.
“It should help the club enter a new era,” said the Ligue 2 club.
Prior to Costa’s appointment, the highest-profile female coach of a men’s team in Europe was Carolina Morace, who took charge of Italian Serie C1 team Viterbese for two matches in 1999. More …