Positive action and allyship

This guidance and support from The University of Leeds as a portion of the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) addresses the legal and practical things to consider when proposing or implementing positive action within doctoral recruitment.

The template addressing project planning was created by the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE), one of the 13 Research England-Funded projects focused on racial equity and widening access to postgraduate education.

This blog post on affirmative action in US universities and colleges was written as a portion of the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE), one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and widening access to postgraduate education.

In 2019, Leading Routes: ​“The Broken Pipeline – Barriers to Black PhD Students Accessing Research Council Funding” report highlighted significant barriers faced by Black PhD students in accessing research council funding in the UK. Five years later, it’s important to reflect on the progress made and identify areas where challenges still persist. This resource by YCEDE provides an overview of some of the developments and ongoing challenges from across the sector.

In this video, Bukola Oyinloye and Paul Wakeling from YCEDE discuss the use of rubrics and holistic review in doctoral selection and admission. The use of assessment rubrics and criteria for selection which try to assess an applicant’s wider set of PhD-relevant skills is one means to support fairer and more equitable doctoral recruitment.

This paper was developed by the Accomplished Study Programme in Research Excellence (ASPIRE), one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and widening access to postgraduate study.

This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, is part 4 of a series aimed to help with mentoring schemes in schools and departments, focused on positive action in mentoring.

This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, is part 3 of a series aimed to help with mentoring schemes in schools and departments, focused on positive two-way communication on race and racism.

This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, is part 2 of a series aimed to help with mentoring schemes in schools and departments, focused on reflecting on race and racism in the HE sector.