# Improving Diversity and Inclusion in the RSE Community June 8th DiveRSE talk

* [Link to the DiveRSE talk landing page](https://diverse-rse.github.io/events/2023-06-08)
* [Link to this hackmd.io notepad](https://hackmd.io/@nsuDQSQzSSmnu6IZ_MyLew/BkC4em1w2)
* [Link to the accessible presentation Powerpoint](https://figshare.com/ndownloader/files/41092457)
* [Marcia J. Anderson en Twitter](https://twitter.com/MarciaJAnderson/status/1285570981101264897): "A note to organizations considering anti-racism work: When whiteness is centered, we center what whiteness is willing to change. When Black & Indigenous folks are centered, we center our potential, our rights, & our strengths. Only one of these approaches will lead to change."

## Related links

* [Link to the presentation slides](https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Improving_Diversity_and_Inclusion_in_the_RSE_Community/22214551)
* [Link to the more recruitment minded Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Senior Management](https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Improving_Diversity_and_Inclusion_in_Senior_Leadership_A_workshop_to_help_recruit_diverse_senior_leaders/14315846)
* [Link to the 43 tips that you can do as an individual or organisation](https://www.practicaldiversity.org/accessible/2022-02_Diversity_in_Leadership/#how_to_help)
* Examples of position description changes
* Ensure increasing diversity strategy is counted as a KPI or selection criteria in the position description.
* Do a discourse analysis to ensure the PD and the ad doesn't use stereotypical male attributes for leadership.
* Ensure the PD and the job ad point to the Diversity and Inclusion strategy.
* Ask for a referee that worked for the applicant and belongs to a marginalised group.
* Highlight that feedback on the inclusivity and language of the position description is welcomed.
* Examples of selection criteria:
* Demonstrated ability to have difficult conversations around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
* Demonstrated ability to raise and solve diversity and inclusion issues in the workplace.
* Demonstrated ability to champion, identify and mentor diverse candidates for senior management roles and provide safe spaces for them.
* Demonstrated ability to connect with diverse stakeholders.
* Demonstrated ability to attract diverse, talented, future leaders to the organisation.
* [As I review position descriptions, I will add my suggestions to an online spreadsheet to explain what I changed and why. Here are some examples from that spreadsheet.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ChklYRZ8psvAPgPQB2VcTdezU9iNX5U0ojVKjdMLohE/edit?usp=sharing)
* [Link to helping as an individual with more details](https://www.practicaldiversity.org/2023/04/29/helping-intersectionally-marginalised-people-as-an-individual/)
* [Link to improving position descriptons](https://www.practicaldiversity.org/2022/06/04/recent-position-descriptions-that-have-been-improved-for-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/)

* [Link to the RSE Leadership Training Course Outline](https://www.practicaldiversity.org/research-software-engineer-leadership-course/)
* [Link to Using Intersectionality to underpin a conference](https://www.practicaldiversity.org/2022/12/23/using-intersectionality-to-underpin-a-conference/)
* [Link to the Continuous Improvement Skills presentation](https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Future-Proofing_your_Workforce_while_Navigating_Organizational_Change/16725757)
* [Link to Allyship Workshop OLS with Esther Plomp - see slide 50](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18hSC6Xg1mIRFQzzKHVzZoFTIhf72t9da/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102668320581909915672&rtpof=true&sd=true)

## UK Specific links

* [Bank of England's Court Review of Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/report/2021/court-review-of-ethnic-diversity-and-inclusion)
* [British Film Institute, one of the UK’s most powerful movie funding bodies, admitted to a filmmaker of color last year that it is “systemically racist” after apologizing for how it handled his long-running complaint over alleged discrimination.](https://deadline.com/2023/03/bfi-systemic-racism-leaving-neverland-faisal-a-qureshi-complaint-1235306755/)
* [Police Scotland chief says force is institutionally racist](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-65706748)
* [UK failing to address systemic racism against black people, warn UN experts](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/27/uk-government-failing-to-address-systemic-racism-against-black-people-un-working-group-of-experts-on-people-of-african-descent)
* [Family of Awaab Ishak killed by mould in Rochdale flat say racism played part in his death](https://news.sky.com/story/two-year-old-boy-died-as-a-result-of-mould-infested-flat-unfit-for-human-habitation-12747927)
* [BAME people hold just 4.6% of the UK's most powerful roles, data shows](https://news.sky.com/story/bame-people-hold-just-4-6-of-the-uks-most-powerful-roles-data-shows-12033268)
* [Only 11 top roles across FTSE 100 held by ethnic minority leaders, research finds](https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1743111/only-11-top-roles-ftse-100-held-ethnic-minority-leaders-research-finds)
* [‘Postcode privilege’: Australia edges towards UK and US levels of inequality](https://www.smh.com.au/national/postcode-privilege-australia-edges-towards-uk-and-us-levels-of-inequality-20211208-p59fpy.html)
* [NHS 'riddled with racism' against ethnic minority doctors](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60208523)
* [UK's white female academics are being privileged above women – and men – of colour | Kalwant Bhopal | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/28/uks-white-female-academics-are-being-privileged-above-women-and-men-of-colour)
* [Women’s private pensions worth 35% less than men’s in Great Britain](https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/05/womens-private-pensions-gap-worth-less-than-mens-great-britain)
* [Latina Women Earn Less Than White, Black, and Native Women—Here's How We Can Close the Pay Gap](https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/money/latina-women-pay-gap)