Racial justice

Louise Banahene PFHEA MBE is the Director of Educational Engagement and Student Success at University of Leeds. Louise is an experienced higher education leader with a focus on equity, access, and inclusion in student journeys. Her experience led her to be awarded an MBE in 2018 for services to Higher Education. She was awarded the Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2021.

The following slides were created by YCEDE and used during a webinar for UGs and PGTs interested in applying for a PhD. The webinar explained different methods for conducting research at postgraduate level, and how to decide which methodology is most appropriate for your research project idea.

The following slides were created by YCEDE and used during a webinar for UGs and PGTs interested in applying for a PhD. The webinar explained the application and selection process for two White Rose scholarship schemes in Social Sciences and in Arts & Humanities.

The following slides were created by YCEDE and used during a webinar for UGs and PGTs interested in applying for a PhD. The webinar explained what a PhD is, the role of a supervisor, the workload shifts and key checkpoints during the PhD process, and featured a Q&A with some current PhD students. 

This document was created by YCEDE and outlines the constraints and enablers to improving equity in doctoral admissions, as well as suggesting potential initiatives to address these challenges. There is a separate document available for CDTs/​DTPs.

This document was created by YCEDE and outlines the constraints and enablers to improving equity in doctoral admissions, as well as suggesting potential initiatives to address these challenges. There is a separate document available for Schools & Departments.

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.

Dr Rebekah Smith McGloin (Nottingham Trent University) and Professor Julie Sheldon (Liverpool John Moores University) provide an introduction to the EDEPI Project, which is helping to increase access and participation in doctoral education. There are some useful tools and resources, linked below, which have emerged from the work and which are free to access.

Doctoral education sits at the point of connection between work to drive equality of opportunity in access and success in undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes, and efforts to create a fairer, more open and inclusive research culture and community which is more representative of wider UK society.

The Postgraduate Researcher Competency-Based Admissions Framework has been developed as part of the Equity in Doctoral Education through Partnership and Innovation (EDEPI) project, led by Nottingham Trent University in collaboration with Liverpool John Moores and Sheffield Hallam Universities.