Equality & Diversity seminar 2007

What factors interact with ethnicity to affect participation at university ? Why in some disciplines are minority ethnic students less likely to achieve a high class of degree ? Why do they often do worse in the transition to the labour markets ? Why are women still under represented in Science, Engineering and Technology ? How accessible are universities to disabled students ? What should universities be doing to address these and other equality issues ?

The European Higher Education Equality and Diversity Network cordially invites you to their first seminar : "GETTING IN, GETTING ON AND GETTING THROUGH - recruitment, retention and progression of under represented groups", on 27-28 September 2007, at Vrije Universiteit, Brussels.

Documents

• Seminar announcement (pdf document)
• Programme (word document)
• Participants list (word document)
• Information on Speakers (word document)
• Higher Education and Ethnic Minority Students, by T. Modood (powerpoint presentation)
• Immigrants in higher education, by M. Demetsenaere (powerpoint presentation)
• Equal Opportunities, by Fiona McLean (powerpoint presentation)
• New groups. Same chances ? Ethnic minority students in (Dutch) Higher Education, by Rick Wolff (powerpoint presentation) . Also see the UCLA Academic Advancement Program website.
• Diversity on campus. Recruitment, retention and representation in higher education, by H.L.Nygard & K. Holmbakken (powerpoint presentation)
• Ambition without future : Obstacles and incentives in the scientific careers of men and women in Micro-Optics, by Elke Van den Brandt (powerpoint presentation)
• Promotion of Gender Equality in the University of Helsinki, by Terhi Saarikoski (powerpoint presentation)