| Equity & Diversity
| Equity & Diversity
Hi Welcome to this week’s blog. If you have been reading anything over the last few weeks, you will be aware that public consciousness seems firmly fixed on gender equality, particularly inequity in pay. Such a singular focus made me…
To celebrate International Women’s Day, the History Department and Society here at the University of Gloucestershire put on an event to celebrate some women who had been influential in society. ‘I know I have but the body of a weak…
Hi This Thursday, 8th March, is International Women’s Day. A day celebrated in many countries around the world. According to the United Nations it is a day “when women are recognised for their achievements without regard to divisions”, while still…
Hello I hope that you have enjoyed our guest bloggers over the last few weeks. As it was LGBT History Month, it seemed appropriate to focus on LGBT. As we leave February and move into March, the spotlight is very…
Happy Wednesday, and welcome to this week’s blog! As a History student, I have a strong belief that progress cannot be realized without an examination of where we have been. So before recognizing the distance we still have to go,…
Hello Tomorrow sees the start of February which, in the UK, marks Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) History Month. This is a month long observance of the history of gay rights and related civil rights movements. Interestingly, it is…
Hello This week we have been giving quote a lot of attention to disability. We are currently pulling together information to evidence achievement of Level 2 of becoming a Disability Confident Employer. We hadn’t previously been a Two Tick holder,…
Hello I hope that you have had a good week. I guess for most of us it has been our first full week back, and what a week it was: A Cabinet reshuffle; North Korea agreeing to send athletes to…
Hello Happy New Year and welcome to this, our first blog of 2018. I shall be on my own for the next few weeks as Kayleigh is concentrating on her studies. She rejoins us towards the end of January. I…