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- EDI events in 2025
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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 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wellbeing Wednesdays
Iya Whiteley
Iya Whiteley
01/09/2021 12:00-13:00
Online
Wellbeing Wednesdays
Iya Whiteley
Iya Whiteley
- EDI events in 2020
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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
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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
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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
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20/10/2015
14:00-15:00
MSSL Common Room
Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment
Natalie James (UCLU Women's Officer)
Daisuke Kawata
