Equality: the big picture

Guest post by Dr Trevor Simper, Athena SWAN Champion for Food Technology Have you ever Googled Women in sports nutrition? Don’t; it won’t return what you want – which is of course to see whether there are any women working in sports nutrition. I googled because: (a) I am (some of the time) a sports […]

  As part of the submission to the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, all staff are encouraged to complete a short survey that goes directly to Stonewall so organisations’ efforts towards creating a safe and inclusive space for LGBT+ staff to work can be evaluated. The survey itself takes a couple of minutes to complete, and […]

As part of the packed programme of activities for Black History Month at Sheffield Hallam University rapper Akala came to talk to students last week. Read about one student’s view on Sheffield Hallam’s Students’ Union website: https://www.hallamstudentsunion.com/news/article/6013/As-an-artist-Akala-is-a-lyrical-de-force-as-a-teacher-philosopher-an-ingenious/

Guest Post from Tom Reaney SIGNAL’s communications officer   What is it?  National Coming Out Day is an internationally recognised day to celebrate LGBT+ individuals and their “coming out” stories. “Coming out’ is essentially that tipping point of openness and disclosure – be it widely and publicly, or local and intimately – at which a person […]

  World Mental Health Day is the annual global celebration of mental health education, awareness and advocacy. Every year – on 10 October – we join together in shining the spotlight on a particular aspect of mental ill health. The theme for 2015 is Dignity in Mental Health. To mark this year’s day Sheffield Hallam […]