Embedding Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Education II Summer Event

The MAPS Faculty invites you to the event Embedding Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Education. The aim of the event is to develop stronger links between EDI and Education and strengthen the links, impact and visibility of the EDI activities across the faculty departments and institutes. 

This is your opportunity to show the community the fantastic work you do! The event will showcase the work of staff and students from the MAPS Faculty around the general theme of Embedding EDI into Education. This event will open a space to meet other, like-minded individuals, share some knowledge and encourage collaboration.

To encourage participation, we are holding a poster presentation competition. You are welcome to re-use a poster from another event/conference. There will be several awards for best poster and runners up. The best poster will win £300 in Love2shop vouchers, with runners up receiving £200 in Love2shop vouchers. Don’t worry if you do not win as there will be a small token for participation too – so everyone is a winner! Please see below on how to register your interest and submit a poster into the competition. 

The event will include a reception with drinks and nibbles.

Agenda

 Poster Competition Details: 

There will be several awards for best poster and runners up. The best poster will win £300 in Love2shop vouchers, with runners up receiving £150 in Love2shop vouchers. Don’t worry if you do not win as there will be a small token for participation too – so everyone is a winner!

Eligibility

• All MAPS Faculty staff and students (Undergraduate, Postgraduate Taught and Postgraduate Research) are eligible to submit posters for the competition, particularly those who have led EDI initiatives that have directly or indirectly developed or strengthened inclusive environments in Education.
• We welcome posters for those who were successful under the MAPS Faculty’s Take Bold Action for Inclusion funding scheme.
• We invite potential participants with any additional needs to contact us about how best we can support their participation.

Guidelines

• We accept posters up to A0 size, smaller sizes for example A1 or A2 are also eligible. If you need financial assistance with printing, please contact maps.edi@ucl.ac.uk as soon as possible. 
• Wherever possible, the poster’s design key elements: logo/banner, fonts, colours should follow the UCL visual identity.
• Text should be easy to read (i.e., not too small, consider colour contrasts and readability). You can read more here on creating accessible content. 
• Graphics and pictures need to be of a good resolution (i.e., sharp).
• It is the responsibility of the entrants to ensure that any images used in their posters are not copyrighted.
• Include names of all contributors.
• Add any relevant contact details so viewers can follow up; or QR code or link to a website etc.

Evaluation Criteria

• Convey how the initiative has embedded EDI in Education – e.g. highlight the aims of the initiative and any successful outcomes/ impact.
• Consider the relevance of the images to the presentation.
• Be engaging/ interesting.
• Easy to read and understand with a good flow of information.

The judges will be provided with a marking criterion and a marking sheet on Friday 19th July. The audience will be asked to rank the top three posters (using Mentimeter). The poll will open at the beginning of the event and will close at 3pm. After the event the winners will be contacted via email with the voucher details and certificate! Winners will be announced in the Faculty Focus Newsletter and MAPS Faculty webpage!

Poster judges

• Nick Achilleos, MAPS Vice-Dean EDI
• Katherine Holt, MAPS Vice-Dean Education
• Nick Ovenden, MAPS Vice-Dean Advancement

The deadline to register interest to submit a poster to the competition is: Friday 12th July at 5pm. You will be contacted shortly after with the guidelines and the submission deadline. If you would like to apply, please contact maps.edi@ucl.ac.uk immediately. 

If you have any questions, please email maps.edi@ucl.ac.uk