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Are you looking for data on gender or racial disparities in funding, best practices to host more inclusive meetings, testimonials and insights from diverse scientists, or examples of institutional actions to support mental health and well-being? Find all this and more on the searchable ALBA database of over 1000 resources, curated and categorised by topic, type and group identity.

With this database, we hope to foster an environment of awareness and learning, support individuals and organisations in their DEI efforts, and promote best practices and tools to achieve equity and inclusion. 

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To fix LGBTQ+ disparities in science, we need the data

How many LGBTQ+ researchers are there in the United States? The National Science Foundation (NSF) should find out. The NSF currently does not ask about sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in its surveys, although it does ask about race, ethnicity, income and disability.

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Researchers blast US agency’s decision not to collect LGBT+ data

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has decided not to include a question about sexual orientation on one of its workforce surveys, setting off a social-media firestorm. More than 1,700 researchers have now signed an open letter urging the agency’s director to reconsider the decision.

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Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic student attainment at UK universities

BAME students do not do as well at university compared with their White counterparts – the latest statistics show a 13% attainment gap. BAME staff are poorly represented in both senior academic and university leadership roles: of 19,000 people employed as professors in the UK, only 400 are BAME women.

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When Two Bodies Are (Not) a Problem: Gender and Relationship Status Discrimination in Academic Hiring

Through a qualitative case study of junior faculty search committees at a large R1 university, the author shows that committees actively considered women’s—but not men’s—relationship status when selecting hires. 

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Empowering and including you in UK neuroscience

With an increase in international attention of the Black Lives Matter movement and the global positive reception to #BlackinNeuro, the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) recognises that more can be done to support Black and ethnic minority neuroscientists to join the field, navigate through the learning process and thrive in this dynamic discipline. 

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