Socioeconomic status and class dynamics

This impact report documents the Research Design for Social Impact Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme delivered by Design for Social Impact Lab (DFSI Lab) between 2023 and 2025, in partnership with the University of East London (UEL) and the University of Bristol. 

This panel discussion, 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 pathways into and out of postgraduate studies.

This interactive workshop, hosted 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, explores how adopting a growth mindset can support a PGR’s personal development, career goals, and research journey.

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.

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.

The following is the script of a keynote lecture given by UKCGE’s Chair, Dr Rebekah Smith McGloin, as part of The Bob Burgess Memorial Lecture series. It took place on Friday July 4th 2025 at the ARC, University of Glasgow.

In 2023, the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) launched the Inclusive Research Network on LinkedIn; this document is intended to help researchers discover and utilise similar networks and enhance the reach of their profile.

This resource addressing accessing and entering into postgraduate study was created by Generation Delta, one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and widening access to postgraduate education, to address entering into PGR studies. 

Research suggests there are notable differences in approaches to doctoral admissions and the criteria employed to select doctoral candidates. Through interviews with 65 academic staff involved in doctoral admissions at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, this paper examines how these different approaches to admissions play out in different disciplines, driving the disciplinary divergence in conceptualisations of the PhD and, in turn, admissions practices. 

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.