Organising inclusive events

The Equality and Diversity Committee, in the School of Biology, have produced guidelines for organising a diverse and gender-balanced conference or workshop. The ten principles are as follows:

1. Establish a Gender-Balanced organising committee
2. Develop an overt speaker policy
3. Make the policy visible
4. Compile a database of potential invitees
5. Collect the data
6. Grade the abstracts blind
7. Replace like for like
8. Be family (and Carer) Friendly
9. Report the data
10. Make a stand

• Download full guidelines for organising a diverse conference/workshop
• Download a one page “in a nutshell” summary of the guidelines for organising a diverse conference/workshop

The Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) UK Network, in conjunction with the British Philosophical Association, produced a draft document which sets out guidelines for planning inclusive Philosophy events, entitled Breaking Invisible Walls. Whilst the resource for developed for Philosophy, the principles are applicable to other disciplines.

Access Breaking Invisible Walls, inclusive event guidelines.