Eddie Ungless, Measuring Bias is Pointless
An open licensed seminar from the 2024 Controversies in the Data Society Seminar Series. Eddie Ungless, PhD candidate in the […]
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Life in the UK as a migrant
A quiz and panel discussion around the Life in the UK test, recorded October 25th 2021, hosted by Edinburgh Race […]
Read moreLHSA – Speaking Out
In April 2022, Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA) launched a new project, ‘Speaking Out’, which involves cataloguing and promoting the archives […]
Read moreRecovering Histories – Improving Equality and Diversity Online
Three students co-authored an application to take part in a Student Experience Grant project over a 14-week time period, learning how to edit Wikipedia and how to fill in diversity gaps on the website: Eleanor– PhD Student researching LGBTQ+ History. Sian – PhD student researching Black History. Kirsty – Undergraduate student researching Gender History. Each […]
Read moreLGBT+ History Month 2023
The University of Edinburgh’s Staff Pride Network promoted a number of activities and events throughout LGBT+ History month February 2023. […]
Read moreDigital Divides: Bias and EDI in tech
After attending Vicki and Lilinaz’s workshop on Equality and Diversity Inclusion (EDI) and then Vicki and Amy’s focus group, it […]
Read morePoetry reading with Andrés N Ordorica
Edinburgh Race Equality Network (EREN) and The University of Edinburgh Staff Pride Network hosted and have shared an open licensed recording […]
Read moreHow to be a Good (LGBTQ+) Ally
This was a fun, inviting, and informative event run by Edinburgh University Staff Pride Network, that took place on International […]
Read moreTelling the history of HIV and AIDS activism in Scotland on Wikipedia
As LGBT History month draws to a close this month, I wanted to pay tribute to a collaboration brought about through Siobhan Claude at the University of Edinburgh’s Staff Pride Network and my colleague, Lorna Campbell, who suggested telling the history of HIV/AIDS activism and awareness in Scotland on Wikipedia. It seemed inconceivable that Wikipedia …
Read moreWikipedia for Peace at Europride
Next week I’ll be taking a little time out from my work at Edinburgh to go to Wikipedia for Peace at Europride 2019 in Vienna. Europride promotes lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans (LGBT) and other queer issues on an international level through parades, festivals and other cultural activities. During the event a group of international editors […]
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