Square Peg Media in partnership with Stonewall, is proud to present the UK’s biggest, most exciting diversity specific careers event showcasing the UK’s most influential and inclusive recruiters.
This is a FREE event for all job and internship seekers on Friday 19 October 2012.
PLUS CV Clinics, Seminars and Training, Networking sessions and an exclusive student-only zone.
For more info and to sign up see here: http://www.diversitycareersshow.com
Students!
Improve your employability prospects with the online ‘Equality and Diversity Essentials’ training.
With recent changes in legislation, employers are now more than ever looking for staff who can demonstrate their commitment to equality and diversity.
Hosted through Moodle, the course is available via the portal under the ‘Student Support’ tab or directly http://moodle.gre.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=7159
Complete online and add value to your CV!
Wednesday 20th June is National Sharing Day, founded by The People Who Share (http://thepeoplewhoshare.com/). It is an opportunity to celebrate all things sharing, with mass sharing events all across the country. Events planned include communities sharing household goods in Liverpool, primary school children book sharing in Brighton and a Great Skills Share in London and much, much more. It’s all about lots of people coming together, finding ways to save money, make friends and help the planet while having fun!
The TES are taking part and donating money to UNICEF for everyone who participates – find out more at http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6256181&s_cid=Landing_SharingDay2012
For other ways to share, you can also visit http://www.compareandshare.com/.
A poll of more than 2,000 people conducted by YouGov for Stonewall has revealed that three in five people of faith support government plans to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples, despite a vitriolic campaign against the proposal by some faith leaders. Read more here:
Legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech on 9 May included a draft bill on adult social care, bills on public state pensions and the pension age, and new measures on flexible working.
To read more visit the Cabinet Offiice website: http://number10.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/engage/queens-speech-2012/
A lovely colleague of mine has just told me about the 12 new Olympic and paralympic posters designed by various artists, so I thought I would share the link (via CNN) for those of you, like me, who have not seen them: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/25/sport/olympics-2012-poster-emin/index.html
See the official London 2012 site for more info:http://www.london2012.com/news/2011/11/official-london-2012-olympic-and-paralympic-posters-unve.php
As part of Celebrate Difference and Diversity Week, we were delighted to welcome Charlie Wheeler-Quinnell from Stonewall, the lesbian, gay and bisexual charity
Charlie gave an interesting lecture, highlighting amongst many other things that it is only since 2003 that the law changed making it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation in the workplace. She told us about some of the great work Stonewall are doing in campaigning at ‘home, school and work’ for lesbian, gay and bisexual people, and some of the reports they have commissioned.
The university is signed up to the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme to support LGB staff, and Charlie was explaining why how important this ongoing committment is and how Stonewall is helping us become an employer of choice.
We are hoping to engage with the staff and student LGB groups to consult on what is needed – work will be commencing on this soon. For more information or to input into this area of work, please feel free to email Karen Weaver, Equality and Diversity Champion via k.weaver@gre.ac.uk.
The first Staff and Student Wellbeing event of 2012 happened yesterday in the Dome at Avery Hill to great success. Well done to Helga Brandao, Healthy Living and Wellbeing Co-Ordinator, for organising so many varied exhibitors and a great event! Let Helga know your feedback via h.s.brandao@gre.ac.uk.
As part of the event the children of Avery Hill Nursery http://wwww.gre.ac.uk/students/wss/nursery came over to put on a performance of ‘Handa’s Surprise’ – a story about an African lady handing out different fruits. The children were fantastic, dressed in national clothing with homemade animal headress. Thanks so much to Paulina Bush, Nursery Manager, her team and, of course, the children, for putting on a lovely show. Photographs to follow!
Cherry Smyth, Senior Lecturer in Poetry has set up The Stephen Lawrence Poetry Prize to honour Stephen Lawrence, and his mother, Doreen’s fight for justice.
In honour of Stephen, and his mother Doreen Lawrence’s 18 year fight for justice, we invite you to submit a poem of no more than 30 lines to mail@cherrysmyth.com by March 23rd at 6pm.
The judges are Sophie Mayer, author of Her Various Scalpels and The Private Parts of Girls (Salt) and Andra Simons, author of The Joshua Tales (The Treehouse Press).
The winner will be announced at the end of term Poetry Reading on March 30th in KW 002 5.30-7.30pm where there will be readings by Sophie and Andra and creative writing students.
To acknowledge Celebrate Diversity and Difference Week at the university, the *AccessAbility Project has devised a prize quiz.
There are twenty multiple choice questions and a first prize of £20 Amazon vouchers and two runner-up prizes of £10 Amazon vouchers. The quiz is available from www.gre.ac.uk/aap and runs until 30th April 2012. The purpose of the quiz is to raise awareness and celebrate achievement – absolutely anybody can take part.
The quiz has been devised by Melanie Thorley, *AccessAbility Project Co-ordinator. Contact Melanie with any queries m.thorley@gre.ac.uk
Good Luck!