prescribed activities

Prescribed Activity 1 - Baseline Data Collection and Impact Monitoring

Diversity of UK energy researchers (PhDs, PDRAs and academics) is currently unknown, PA1 will collect data via an annual survey of the partner Universities.

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Prescribed Activity 2 - Mapping out the organisational interventions

This activity will examine the kinds of interventions that partner organisations use to combat systemic inequality and how they measure impact.

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Prescribed Activity 3 - Diversity awareness and representation in energy publications

PA3 will examine the antecedents, rationales, policies and practices of EDI in the energy sector as reflected in a select number of academic and trade journals and relevant web sites.

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Prescribed Activity 4 - “See yourself in energy”

“See Yourself in Energy”, PA3, aims to inspire the next generation of energy researchers by engaging with final year undergraduates (or Masters) from underrepresented backgrounds at the partner universities, and encouraging them to transition into energy researchers.

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Prescribed activity 5 - Mentoring and Advocacy

The network will aim to raise the profile of individual network members from underrepresented backgrounds. For example, early career researchers will be invited to lead workshops and network activities, via support from FA2.

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Prescribed activity 6 - Accounting for systemic bias in research metrics

Data will be collected (using an intersectional lens) and analysed to quantify the bias in research metrics of being from underrepresented groups.

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Prescribed activity 7 - Supporting Working Class Energy Researchers

PA7 aims to determine the hurdles that working class postgrads and academics face. Postgraduates and academics in energy with working class backgrounds, across the partner institutions, will be surveyed to identify common challenges.

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Prescribed Activities