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Happy International Women's Day to you all! The campaign theme for IWD2019 is 'Better the balance, better the world'... and there have been some criticisms, quite rightly, about it becoming hijacked for the wrong reasons. "It's not about cupcakes, and 'leaning...

Got a great colleague or student? Planning to write a fantastic letter or reference? Then read on to find out how to avoid falling into the common traps based on unconscious gender bias.

Committees: A group that takes minutes but loses hours; a group of no more than three, two of whom should always be absent for a decision to be made; a cul-de-sac where ideas are lured and then quietly strangled...Given the bad...

That time of the year is looming once again, and I'm not talking about Induction Week. Rather, September, like March contains the deadline for completed applications for promotion (see below for key dates). It is commonly cited that women don't...

Although email can be a useful means of communication, it has also been described as "a toxic source of stress". Due to technology enabling people to be at their email’s constant beck and call, psychologists have warned that a culture...

To celebrate International Women's Day 2018, we asked staff and postgraduate students in the Department for Health to tell us about the women who inspire them. Click here to find our what they said. Thank you to all who took...

We've probably all found ourselves in the situation at some time or another... We're part way into a sentence - maybe during a lecture, a conference presentation, or just conversation with our colleagues - and find ourselves unsure of what...

Have you ever wondered what we're currently discussing at our Department for Health Equality & Diversity committee meetings? Well, wonder no more and take a read of our Action Notes from Equality and Diversity Meeting 24.10.17 A key development with our...

It's been a while, right? Blogging is one of those tasks that sits optimistically at the bottom of your to-do list. Working to ensure that diversity and inclusivity is supported and celebrated in day to day business within the Department...

It's been a while since we've posted on the DfH E&D blog. There has been so much going on behind the scenes in relation to our E&D vision ... More about this very soon, so stay tuned! In the meantime,...