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The following files and links are full or partial recordings from equality and diversity events at the Open University.

Faculty Equality and Diversity Implementation Network
– 26 May 2010

Recognising achievement, maintaining momentum


Lunchtime seminar with the LGBT staff network and Stonewall
– 11 Feb 2009

  • Welcome from Nigel Holt, Director of Human Resources (6mins) audio

 

Making our curriculum relevant and accessible to our students – 8 Oct 2008

  • Whose knowledge counts? Gordon Wilson, Director of Environment, Development and International Studies (23mins) audio
  • Introduction from Brigid Heywood, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Research & Enterprise (8mins) audio
  • Keynote from Sally Brown, Pro-Vice Chancellor Assessment, Learning & Teaching, Leeds Metropolitan University (40mins) audio
  • Who are our disabled students?, Mary Taylor, Project Officer, Institute of Educational Technology (18mins) audio
  • Who are our widening participation students?, Margaret Hart, Head of Widening Participation (20mins) audio
  • Who are our international students?, Mahruk Bailey, Project Manager, OU Worldwide (11mins) audio

 

Developing an inclusive curriculum – 18 Mar 2008

video Alan Tait, Pro Vice-Chancellor Curriculum & Awards - Diversity is not about others, it's about us (69secs)
Icon - Adobe Acrobat pdf document Transcript - Alan Tait - Diversity

 

video Alan Tait - active social justice (68secs)
Icon - Adobe Acrobat pdf document Transcript - Alan Tait - active social justice

 

video Alan Tait - our powerful and priviledged position (64secs)
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video Rowena Arshad, Director of the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland - proportionality and pragmatism (62secs)
Icon - Adobe Acrobat pdf document Transcript - Rowena Arshad - Looking at curriculum content

 

video Rowena Arshad - examples of embedding diversity from Scottish institutions (196secs)
Icon - Adobe Acrobat pdf document Transcript - Rowena Arshad - examples of embedding diversity from Scottish institutions

Full webcast and presentations (135mins)

 

Creating positive change for a gender-equal working and research culture – 19 Oct 2007

 

Widening participation and race equality fair – 13 Feb 2007

 

Launch of the Equality and Diversity Strategy and Disability Equality Scheme – 6 Feb 2007