Retention and Progression (RaP)
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 contents of the following pages can be used by individuals or in groups, in academic and nonacademic settings. The materials can be used separately or as a whole package, at any pace and as often as necessary — the videos can be watched and the activities completed in multiple settings – in a classroom or individually at home. By curating the materials in this way, we hope to make the valuable information that they contain as accessible as possible to encourage women wherever they are to consider a future in academia, as per our goal to nurture the next generation of racially minoritised professors.
It just remains to say that we hope that you enjoy engaging with and benefit from the use of these materials. We are grateful to our institutional support groups, the Generation Delta Advisory Group, Generation Delta Champions and all who participated in our workshops, roundtables and conferences over the past four years. None of this would have been possible without your support.
Sincerely,
Professor Iyiola Solanke
Principal Investigator, University of Leeds.
This is a resource produced by a Research-England-funded EDI project. UKCGE has not been involved in the production of the content and the materials themselves have been uploaded with the permission of Research England and the project leaders. Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders; if we have made omissions or you feel certain materials should not be included here, please get in touch via ukcge@ukcge.ac.uk.