UKCGE and Research England Collaborate on Widening Participation Web Resources

Research England is providing the UKCGE with funding to overhaul the Research Library on its website and to store the outputs from these projects in the long-term. The materials on offer will represent valuable work from across the sector, including the Equity in Doctoral Education through Partnership and Innovation (EDEPI) project and Generation Delta’s programme on nurturing future cohorts of Black, Asian and minority ethnic female professors (the full list of projects is available here).

UKCGE has recently completed a categorisation of its own web resources and is currently working with digital agency William Joseph to carry out usability testing of the new design.

Joe Ellery, Head of People and Environment at Research England, said:

“As the national representative body for postgraduate education and research, the UKCGE is an excellent organisation to partner with. They are well established, have an existing platform, and part of their remit is to share best practice to support a strong and sustainable postgraduate sector. 

“Their Resource Library, which will be redeveloped to improve functionality, will provide a home for the resources, ensuring they are accessible and discoverable to a wider audience. We hope this will amplify the valuable work which has taken place. The funding also supports Action 5 of RE’s EDI Action Plan: our commitment to maximising the impact of the programme to improve access and participation.”

Owen Gower, Director of UKCGE, added: ​“We are very pleased to partner with Research England and provide a permanent home for these high-quality resources. We are looking forward to working closely with project leads over the next few months and plan to unveil our new-look Resource Library by the end of this year.”