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Improving Diversity in STEM 2023

Online Conference 19 April 2023, 9:00am - 3:00pm

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Learning Outcomes

  • Develop strategies to embed diversity and inclusivity into STEM education, recruitment, retention and career progression 
  • Understand science engagement and inequity in the UK in order to target engagement activities and identify areas of potential 
  • Improve science education in primary and secondary schools to boost the government’s levelling up agenda 
  • Support underrepresented students to apply to study STEM subjects at top-tier universities and challenge stereotypes and raise aspirations in STEM for underrepresented groups 
  • Hear the latest updates from policymakers on how higher education research and innovation are set to play a pivotal role in economic recovery after the pandemic
  • Explore how research funding has the potential to tackle regional inequalities and support levelling up agenda across the country
  • Find out how higher education institutions are delivering interdisciplinary research and innovation through collaboration with academia, industry, local authorities, the NHS and community organisations
  • Hear how institutions have successfully improved their research power by high achievement in REF 21
  • Get an insight into the role of the Knowledge Exchange Framework to help universities better understand and improve their own performance in knowledge exchange
  • Examine the working environment and culture for researchers and how it can be improved to attract and retain staff, drive a research-led recovery and build a reputation as a global leader in research

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