Equality, Diversity & Inclusion News

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We’re proud to announce that this year our university will once again be a Gold Supporter of the 2025 Lovelace Colloquium. This continued support reflects our strong commitment to EDI, as well as our dedication to empowering the next generation through education. The Colloquium plays a vital role in celebrating and supporting women and non-binary people in computing, and we are delighted to be part of this important initiative.

For Autism Awareness week, Nick Michau, the Student Union's Disabled and Neurodivergent Students Officer and one of our MEng students, has put out a nice 'myth-busting' Instagram reel.

In April 2025, we welcomed a large group of Girl Guides to the Diamond. This has come about as part of our Ambassador's module, which Andy Charlesworth leads. With Neil Walkinshaw, our Inclusive Computing lead, they came up with an idea to place one of the students with this Penistone-based scouts group. One of the main themes of the scheme is encouraging girls to take up computer science, and we support this with materials from the National Centre for Computing Education's I Belong programme. Girlguiding's main tagline is "We help all girls know they can do anything". As part of the module, students have to organise a 'special project' such as a coding club, competition or, in this case, a visit to The Diamond with some computing activity. Our student, Maria, also designed the badge for the event that all the attendees will receive; this is one of the traditional high-quality woven badges that can be added to their collection.

In March 2025, as part of our Inclusive Computing Activities we have worked with the student ambassador module to organise a Mini Open Day for Longley Park School to come and visit our School and the Diamond and experience some hands on activities.