Racial justice

This article focuses on cultural humility, emphasizing its value as a tool for fostering inclusive leadership, particularly in the UK higher education research culture.

Thinking about pairing your PhD journey with a role in consultancy or another industry? It’s definitely possible, but it might require some creativity to shape a career that truly fits you. Combining academic research with practical industry work can be incredibly rewarding. The YCEDE team explores how you might navigate this path.

Dr Katy Sian at The University of York has produced this helpful guide on conducting and implementing anti-racist research practices, as part of the University’s enhancing research culture funding.

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 Diverse Minds, focuses on peer coaching circles and understanding how they can support PGRs in their career journeys.

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 The Diversity Trust, aims to support PGRs in writing a clear and confident CV.

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 Diverse Minds, aims to explore the link between mental health, wellbeing, and resilience.

This blog post exploring working with one’s supervisor 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 this blog, Professor Paul Wakeling and Dr Bukola Oyinloye (University of York) set out the challenges to racial equity in UK doctoral admissions. They argue that how and who we select for entry to PhD degrees is a critical part of achieving a more racially just and successful research sector and outline what the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) is doing to address this.

Presented by Generation Delta, these training resources emerged directly from the Workshops organised by this project and held around the country between 2022 and 2025 to understand and enhance the experience of racially minoritised women students at the postgraduate research level. They are designed with the needs of these women in mind, but we hope they will help all those wishing to pursue a research career in higher education.

The In2research programme is one of 13 projects funded by Research England and the Office for Students to address widening participation in and improve access to doctoral research.