Equality, Diversity & Inclusion for Transformative Research

Short description of the course:

The module aims to build on existing interrogations and definitions within the field of equality studies to promote a critical approach to incorporating greater awareness and sensitivity to equality, diversity and inclusion matters in postgraduate research.   The module aims to equip learners to respond to evolving social, political and research contexts and environments and apply an equality-aware approach to operationalising research proposals thereby reflecting and meeting standards of equality, diversity and inclusion set by national and international research and funding bodies.  The module aims to enable learners to apply an equality-aware and informed approach to the research process and understand and articulate the impact of equality, diversity and inclusion for better outcomes in research

Learning Outcomes:

• Analyse historical and contemporary understandings of equality, diversity and inclusion focusing particularly on gender, race, disability and intersectional inequalities.
• Critically reflect on societal norms and gendered, racial and ableist hierarchies of voice, authority and validity in research
• Position the self and a specific research project within the context of best practice in relation to challenging societal inequalities
• Identify and critique unconscious bias within their own research paradigm and practice.