EDI events in 2025
Date | Time | Location | Title | Speaker | Chair/Organiser | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/07/2025 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Common Room | Pride celebration | Gwen Owen-Jones | EDI committee | |
| 16/05/2025 | 12:00 - 13:00 | Meet at the front of Holmbury House | Mental Health week activity: Holmbury Hill walk | Craig Theobald | EDI committee | |
| 15/05/2025 | 12:00 - 14:00 | West Wing | Mental Health week activity: Rock painting | Sam Babister | EDI committee | |
| 14/05/2025 | 09:00 - 09:45 | Meet at the front of Holmbury House | Mental Health week activity: Morning chorus walk | Alice Breeveld | EDI committee | |
| 13/05/2025 | 12:00 - 13:00 | MSSL Common room | Mental Health week activity: Talk on Wellbeing Champions/MHFA | Chris Brockley-Blatt | EDI committee | |
| 12/05/2025 | 12:00 - 13:00 | West Wing | Mental Health week activity: Sewing Group | Natalia Zambrana Prado | EDI committee | |
| 07/05/2025 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club, with a presentation on colour-blind-friendly tables/plots/slides, and an opportunity to bring awareness about different EDI events happening in May, including the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on the 17th of May | Colin Forsyth | EDI committee | Colin's slides |
| 02/04/2025 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common room | EDI team introduce themselves, and present findings of the departmental survey | Hamish Reid | EDI committee | |
| 12/03/2025 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common room | International Women's Day celebration | EDI committee | ||
| 05/02/2025 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | EDI committee |
EDI events in 2024
Date | Time | Location | Title | Speaker | Chair/Organiser | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/12/2024 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | EDI committee | ||
| 13/11/2024 | all week | Everyone encouraged to wear odd socks for anti-bullying week | ||||
| 13/11/2024 | 11:00-11:50 | MSSL Common Room | Imposter Syndrome Workshop | EDI committee | For anti-bullying week | |
| 01/11/2024 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | EDI committee | ||
| 10/10/2024 | all day | World Mental Health Day - everyone encouraged to wear yellow | EDI committee | |||
| 08/10/2024 | 15:00-17:00 | MSSL Common Room | World Mental Health Day | Alex Grunnill and Leigh Hewitt | EDI committee | Tea and talks |
| 02/10/2024 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | EDI committee | ||
| 17/07/2024 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | EDI committee | ||
| 20/06/2024 | 13:00-14:00 | MSSL Common Room | LGBTQ+ tea party | Angharad Weeks | EDI committee | |
| 01/05/2024 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | UCL Doctoral School director | EDI committee | |
| 03/04/2024 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | EDI committee | ||
| 06/03/2024 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | EDI committee | ||
| 07/02/2024 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | EDI committee | ||
| 10/01/2024 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | EDI committee |
EDI events in 2023
Date | Time | Location | Title | Speaker | Chair/Organiser | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/12/2023 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | Paola Pinilla | ||
| 22/11/2023 | 13:00-14:00 | MSSL Common Room | Career Journey Unfiltered | Sheila Kanani (Education Outreach and Diversity Officer from the Royal Astronomical Society) | Paola Pinilla | |
| 01/11/2023 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | Paola Pinilla | ||
| 04/10/2023 | 15:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | EDI hosts Unjournal Club | Paola Pinilla | ||
| 27/09/2023 | 13:00-14:00 | MSSL Common Room | Career Journey Unfiltered | Anna McLeod (Durham) | Paola Pinilla | |
| 31/05/2023 | 13:00-14:00 | MSSL Common Room | Rock painting (free art therapy) | Sam Babister | Sam Babister | |
| 17/05/2023 | 12:00-13:00 | MSSL Library | MSSL Astro Group Wednesdays Short Meetings: Burnout | Ruth Kelly | Ruth Kelly | |
| 03/05/2023 | 13:00-14:00 | MSSL Common Room | MSSL Astro Group Wednesdays Short Meetings: The Science of Habits | Jessica Whitney | Jessica Whitney | |
| 03/05/2023 | 11:00-12:00 | MSSL Common Room | Departmental EDI Meeting | Hamish Reid, Paola Pinilla | Hamish Reid, Paola Pinilla | |
| 26/04/2023 | 12:00-13:00 | MSSL Library | MSSL Astro Group Wednesdays Short Meetings: Data sonification, and its applications in astronomy | Angharad Weeks | Angharad Weeks | |
| 15/03/2023 | 12:15-14:15 | MSSL Common Room | Screening of the documentary ‘Picture a Scientist' | MSSL EDI Inclusive Culture Group | MSSL EDI Inclusive Culture Group | |
| 09/03/2023 | 14:30-15:30 | MSSL Common Room | Impostor Syndrome Workshop | Paola Pinilla | Angharad Weeks | |
| 08/03/2023 | 12:00-13:00 | MSSL Common Room | International Women's Day Celebration | Alice Matthews | Alice Matthews | |
| 01/03/2023 | 12:00-13:00 | MSSL Common Room | MSSL Astro Group Wednesdays Short Meetings: Outcomes of an astrophysics PhD: are we being driven out of academia? | Maria Djuric | Maria Djuric | |
| 18/01/2023 | 12:00-13:00 | MSSL Library | MSSL Astro Group Wednesdays Short Meetings: The ethical grey zone in astronomy | Paola Pinilla | Paola Pinilla |
EDI events in 2022
Date | Time | Location | Title | Speaker | Chair/Organiser | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/12/2022 | 13:00-14:00 | MSSL Common Room | Rock painting (free art therapy) | Sam Babister | Sam Babister | |
| 16/11/2022 | 12:00-13:00 | MSSL Library | MSSL Astro Group Wednesdays Short Meetings: Productivity | Matthijs Mars | Matthijs Mars | |
| 02/11/2022 | 12:00-13:00 | MSSL Library | MSSL Astro Group Wednesdays Short Meetings: Hybrid working: at home or at the lab? | Vincent Van Eylen | Vincent Van Eylen | |
| 25/10/2022 | 12:00-13:00 | MSSL Library | "MSSL Astro Group Wednesdays Short Meetings: Climate change affects astronomy and vice versa" | Alice Breeveld | Alice Breeveld | |
| 18/10/2022 | 11:00-12:30 | MSSL Common Room | Transformative Power of Cross-Cultural PhD Supervision | Sigrid Gjøtterud (Norwegian University of Life Sciences) and Athman Ahmad (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) | Sarah Matthews | Paper: http://ijds.org/Volume13/IJDSv13p441-456Gjotterud4741.pdf |
| 12/10/2022 | 12:00-13:00 | MSSL Library | MSSL Astro Group Wednesdays Short Meetings: | Fiona McAllister | Fiona McAllister | https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tl7GrmvlxdFxyDs_ TCOW7SzEvwGh7GwK6uNprk8dMlU/edit#slide=id.p |
| 03/10/2022 | 15:00-15:30 | MSSL Common Room | Equi-tea: informal chat about the MSSL EDI Committee and EDI-related matters | Hamish Reid | Hamish Reid | |
| 01/09/2022 | 15:00-15:30 | MSSL Common Room | Equi-tea: Royal Astronomical Society bullying and harassment survey | Sheila Kanani (Education Outreach and Diversity Officer from the Royal Astronomical Society) | Geraint Jones | |
| 04/07/2022 | 15:00-15:30 | MSSL Common Room | LGBTQ+ Equi-tea: The Secret Lives of Scientists | Alex Holmes (Leeds) | Affelia Wibisono | https://ras.ac.uk/education-and-careers/exploring-workplace-lgbt-physical-scientists |
| 12/05/2022 | 15:00-16:00 | Holmbury Hill | Mental Health Awareness Week: Walk up Holmbury Hill | Craig Theobald | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 11/05/2022 | 15:00-16:00 | Online | Mental Health Awareness Week: Online talk and discussion on loneliness | Agnes Munday (Grassroots charity) | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 10/05/2022 | 13:00-13:30 | MSSL Common Room | Mental Health Awareness Week: Humming into wellbeing | Iya Whiteley | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 10/05/2022 | 12:00-14:00 | MSSL Common Room | Mental Health Awareness Week: Tai Chi, yoga flow, stretches followed by breathwork and meditation | Shelly Bell (Laughter Yoga) | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 10/05/2022 | 12:00-12:45 | MSSL Common Room | Mental Health Awareness Week: Sam Wong Dong | Iya Whiteley | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 09/05/2022 | 12:00-14:00 | MSSL Common Room | Mental Health Awareness Week: Rock painting | Sam Babister | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 07/04/2022 | 15:00-15:30 | MSSL Library | Equi-tea launch | Michael Sulu (UCL Race Equality Steering Group Co-chair, Biochemical Engineering) | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 08/03/2022 | 14:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | International Women's Day Celebration | George Seabroke | Hannah Osborne, Myrto Syeonidis | |
| 02/03/2022 | 12:00-15:00 | MSSL Common Room | Wellbeing Wednesdays | Iya Whiteley | Iya Whiteley | |
| 18/01/2022 | 12:00-13:00 | Online | Wellbeing Wednesdays | Iya Whiteley | Iya Whiteley |
EDI events in 2021
Date | Time | Location | Title | Speaker | Chair/Organiser | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/12/2021 | 12:00-13:00 | Online | Wellbeing Wednesdays | Iya Whiteley | Iya Whiteley | |
| 07/12/2021 | 14:00-15:00 | MSSL Common Room | Departmental EDI meeting | Sarah Matthews | Sarah Matthews | |
| 01/12/2021 | 12:00-13:00 | Online | Wellbeing Wednesdays | Iya Whiteley | Iya Whiteley | |
| 17/11/2021 | 12:00-13:00 | Online | Wellbeing Wednesdays | Iya Whiteley | Iya Whiteley | |
| 05/11/2021 | 13:00-14:00 | MSSL Common Room | Departmental Town Hall meeting: Return to Work | Andrew Fazakerley | Andrew Fazakerley | |
| 03/11/2021 | 12:00-13:00 | Online | Wellbeing Wednesdays | Iya Whiteley | Iya Whiteley | |
| 16/10/2021 | 12:00-13:00 | Online | Wellbeing Wednesdays | Iya Whiteley | Iya Whiteley | |
| 10/10/2021 | 14:00-15:30 | Online | Active Bystander Workshop for staff | The Active Bystander Training Company | Dimitra Stamogiannou | https://www.activebystander.co.uk |
| 09/10/2021 | 14:00-15:00 | Online | Active Bystander Workshop for students | The Active Bystander Training Company | Dimitra Stamogiannou | https://www.activebystander.co.uk |
| 15/09/2021 | 12:00-13:00 | Online | Wellbeing Wednesdays | Iya Whiteley | Iya Whiteley | |
| 01/09/2021 | 12:00-13:00 | Online | Wellbeing Wednesdays | Iya Whiteley | Iya Whiteley |
EDI events in 2020
Date | Time | Location | Title | Speaker | Chair/Organiser | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/12/2020 | 13:00-15:00 | Online | Race Town Hall meeting | Ash Talwar (UCL Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager) and Izzie Kpobie-Mensah (BEAMS EDI coordinator) | Sarah Matthews | |
| 03/04/2020 | 13:30-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | Where do you draw the line? Workshop | Andrew Fazakerley | ||
| 03/04/2020 | 10:00-12:30 | MSSL Common Room | Where do you draw the line? Workshop | Andrew Fazakerley |
EDI events in 2019
Date | Time | Location | Title | Speaker | Chair/Organiser | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23/10/2019 | 14:00-15:00 | MSSL Common Room | Black History Month Seminar Programme: Multi-Messenger Studies of Binaries | Tana Joseph (University of Manchester) | Jasmine Sandhu, Divya Persaud, George Brydon | |
| 16/10/2019 | 14:00-15:00 | MSSL Common Room | Black History Month Seminar Programme: Longitudinal Variations in the Stratosphere of Uranus from the Spitzer Infrared Spectrometer | Naomi Rowe-Gurney (University of Leicester) | Jasmine Sandhu, Divya Persaud, George Brydon | |
| 09/10/2019 | 14:00-15:00 | MSSL Common Room | Black History Month Seminar Programme: Seeing the air we breathe: From remote sensing to pollution mapping | Mark Richards (Imperial College London) | Jasmine Sandhu, Divya Persaud, George Brydon | |
| 07/10/2019 | 11:00-12:00 | MSSL Common Room | Active Bystander Workshop | Sarah Matthews | Be an active bystander: https://report-support.ucl.ac.uk/campaigns/be-an-active-bystander Full Stop campaign: https://report-support.ucl.ac.uk/campaigns/full-stop | |
| 22/07/2019 | 14:00-15:00 | MSSL Common Room | Departmental Wellbeing Day: Resilience Workshop | UCL Wellbeing team | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 22/07/2019 | 13:00-14:00 | MSSL Library | Departmental Wellbeing Day: Collage art | UCL Wellbeing team | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 22/07/2019 | 11:00-14:30 | MSSL Foyer | Departmental Wellbeing Day: exhibition | UCL Student Union, Employee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing team | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 22/07/2019 | 10:00-12:00 | MSSL Common Room | Departmental Wellbeing Day: Team Mental Health Workshop | UCL Wellbeing team | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 22/07/2019 | Departmental Wellbeing Day: Massage therapy | UCL Wellbeing team | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |||
| 17/06/2019 | 10:00-11:30 | MSSL Common Room | Combating Gender Bias Workshop | leanin.org | Jasmine Sandhu, George Brydon, Sam Walton | Studies referenced in the workshop can be found here: https://leanin.org/endnotes-50-ways |
| 03/04/2019 | 12:30-13:30 | MSSL Common Room | Rock painting (free art therapy) | Sam Babister | Sam Babister | |
| 07/03/2019 | 10:00-11:00 | MSSL Common Room | Cake morning for International Women’s Day | Jasmine Sandhu |
EDI events in 2018
Date | Time | Location | Title | Speaker | Chair/Organiser | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/10/2018 | 13:00-16:00 | MSSL Common Room | Line Management training | HR Business partners, Leonie Malvo and Lauren Stevens | Dimitra Stamogiannou | |
| 27/06/2018 | 09:00-11:00 | MSSL Common Room | UCL Survey Action Planning Meeting | Andrew Fazakerley | Sarah Matthews | |
| 26/06/2018 | 11:00-12:00 | MSSL Common Room | UCL Survey Action Planning Meeting | Andrew Fazakerley | Sarah Matthews | |
| 19/06/2018 | 10:00-12:00 | MSSL Common Room | Where do you draw the line? Workshop | Andrew Fazakerley | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/equality-training/where-do-you-draw-line | |
| 19/06/2018 | 13:30-15:30 | MSSL Common Room | Where do you draw the line? Workshop | Andrew Fazakerley | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/equality-training/where-do-you-draw-line |
EDI events in 2015
Date | Time | Location | Title | Speaker | Chair/Organiser | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20/10/2015 | 14:00-15:00 | MSSL Common Room | Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment | Natalie James (UCLU Women's Officer) | Daisuke Kawata |
