Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
(EDI)
Our vision is to be clear, open, and fair to everyone in all that we do, ensuring effective engagement with the diversity of people standing to gain from, use, or enable our research outcomes. We aim to advance clarity, openness, and fairness in all our interactions.
Our EDI Strategy
The NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility (CRF) are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion across our workforce, research participants, and public contributors, guided by a BRC-CRF joint EDI strategy.
We conducted a workforce survey as part of the EDI strategy. Among its findings, it highlighted how staff feel NIHR partnerships must support career progression across different demographic groups.
View the EDI Strategy and survey here.
Making research inclusive: Q&A
The NIHR is driving impactful EDI changes in research by making inclusion a funding requirement.
Learn more in a Q&A with Hyunjoo Lee, leading EDI initiatives at the Southampton Centre for Research Engagement and Impact (SCREI).
Meet our BRC Equity Champions
We believe an equitable environment is an innovative and fulfilling environment.
Olatundun Gafari and Sanjay Ramamoorthy are our BRC Equity Champions. Olatundun is a lecturer in public health at the University of Southampton. Sanjay is a consultant in emergency medicine at University Hospital Southampton.
These Equity Champion roles are critical to embedding an equitable culture within the BRC that’s core to our pursuit of excellence and in meeting the EDI aims of our university and hospital partners, and the NIHR.
You can get in touch with Tundun at o.y.gafari@southampton.ac.uk and Sanjay at sanjay.ramamoorthy@uhs.nhs.uk.
Southampton Centre for Research Engagement and Impact
We want our research to be fair, inclusive, and reflective of our region’s diversity across research participants, public contributors, and research teams. The Southampton Centre of Research Engagement and Impact (SCREI) based at University Hospital Southampton is dedicated to achieving this.
SCREI is working across our centres and units to improve:
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Measures of diversity and indicators of inclusion
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Researcher training in awareness and inclusion
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How we do studies and support participants
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Inclusivity of research careers and working
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Accessibility - digital, print, physical and linguistic
SCREI can advise you on many aspects of EDI in research:
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Equity Impact Assessments in study design
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Understanding and reaching specific or under-served groups
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Training and supporting teams in developing their EDI
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Monitoring and tracking diversity
For EDI support from SCREI, email researchedi@uhs.nhs.uk. For nationwide assistance, contact the NIHR Research Inclusion team at researchinclusion@nihr.ac.uk.