In conversation with our interns: Career progression
Over the past year, our Equality Diversity and Inclusion interns have spent time at BAS working on a variety of fascinating polar projects. Here, we hear about how they’ve built […]
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Carrying the PRIDE message to the Polar Regions
Read more of: Carrying the PRIDE message to the Polar RegionsHuw Griffiths is a polar research scientist with British Antarctic Survey. During June PRIDE month he shares his personal experience of research as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, the […]
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Growing beyond acronyms
Read more of: Growing beyond acronymsYou may have heard acronyms such as EDI, DEI, EDIA, JEDI, and wondered what they mean. They refer to issues including equity, equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, concepts that take on different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context they exist in. Historically, and still today, we know that some people are systemically disadvantaged and marginalised in society, so whatever the acronym, inclusion work should generally try to dismantle and help unlearn prevailing unjust structural and cultural settings.
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Juggling polar research and family life
Read more of: Juggling polar research and family lifeIt can be difficult for anyone to find the right balance between their career and family. For some jobs these challenges reach new levels when the role requires you to work away from home for months at a time. This is most apparent for careers in the Forces or the Merchant Navy, but it is also true for many people who work in jobs that require field work, such as polar science.
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Marking Zero Discrimination Day
Read more of: Marking Zero Discrimination DaySimon Garrod, Director of BAS Operations and Engineering, reflects on Zero Discrimination Day and on the changes regarding inclusion and discrimination that have occurred since he started working in the polar environment nearly thirty years ago.
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GUEST BLOG: Improving accessibility with BSL
Read more of: GUEST BLOG: Improving accessibility with BSLToday, 3 December 2021, is the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The theme this year focuses on “Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an […]
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Reflections on Black History Month and lessons for the Polar Research community
Read more of: Reflections on Black History Month and lessons for the Polar Research communityBlack History Month recognises and celebrates the achievements of people with African or Caribbean heritage and takes place every October (in the UK). It marks the contributions of Black people […]
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BLOG: Diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond
Read more of: BLOG: Diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyondJon Ager joined British Antarctic Survey as Director of the UK Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme in 2019, after serving for almost 35 years in the Royal Air Force and aerospace […]
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BLOG: Journey into polar engineering
Read more of: BLOG: Journey into polar engineeringThis International Women in Engineering Day 2021, Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme Trainee Project Manager Katie Handford shares her journey into polar engineering. I started in high school designing, building and racing 24V electrically powered […]
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Guest blog: Anti-racism must be at the heart of climate action
Read more of: Guest blog: Anti-racism must be at the heart of climate actionProfessor Martin Siegert from Imperial College London has just become one of the three new co-chairs of the Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative Steering committee. In this guest blog, […]
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Make sure stammered voices are heard
Read more of: Make sure stammered voices are heardBlog: Ocean modeller Dr Kaitlin Naughten discusses what we can do as individuals and as institutions to support our colleagues who stammer.
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Small islands in the middle of nowhere
Read more of: Small islands in the middle of nowhereTo celebrate Black History Month Sharon Grant describes her time working for British Antarctic Suirvey in this guest blog.
