{"id":1024,"date":"2020-08-29T10:09:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T10:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk\/bio-equalityanddiversity\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2023-12-11T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:46:42","slug":"biology-students-win-global-challenges-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/2020\/08\/29\/biology-students-win-global-challenges-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology students win Global Challenges Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

School of Biology students Salma Ali and Radhe Kumar were the winners of this year\u2019s Global Challenges Program<\/a> with their entry \u201cA plan to nurture and maintain a thriving diverse and inclusive community in the University of St. Andrews<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Although the University of St. Andrews is one of the most international universities in the UK, like other elite universities, it has a strikingly low number of BAME (Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority) individuals. \u00a0Salma and Radhe\u2019s report details strategies, tools and recommendations focussing on three key aspects of university life: talent recruitment, talent retainment and continuous self-improvement. For each aspect, they detail available research and designed and\/or created high-impact tools and recommendations to achieve their specified goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Areas<\/th>\nGoals<\/th>\nTools and recommendations<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Talent Recruitment<\/td>\nRecruitment and admissions<\/td>\nName-blind applications; candidate experience feedback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accessibility and inclusivity<\/td>\nMinority summer research programme<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minimising bias<\/td>\nEvaluating and re-inventing unconscious bias training<\/p>\n

Equitable St Andrews and Project Implicit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Holistic assessment<\/td>\nAlumni interview initiative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Talent Retainment<\/td>\nCreating inclusive opportunities<\/td>\nOpen research opportunities platform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promoting inclusive academia<\/td>\nDecolonising curriculums<\/p>\n

Belong! A day of inclusion and belonging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Satisfying and productive social relationships<\/td>\nMentorship scheme<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Self-improvement<\/td>\nPromoting inclusive leadership<\/td>\nLeaders provide progress updates regularly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centralisation<\/td>\nSaint Idea \u2013 online forum for ideas<\/p>\n

Inclusivity task force<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"Ever<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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