Diversity in UK Polar Science – Resources

Welcome to our DiPSI project resource page. This page is meant to be interactive. We would like you to explore the documents our project team has created: ask questions about them, use them, and help us make them more useful for you. We’ve also gathered links to external reference materials, articles, blogs and networks where others within the Polar community are working towards inclusion. Get in touch with us by emailing us, or join our emailing list if you’d like to hear about our activities, participate in surveys and more.

DiPSI project resource documents

The below documents are a collection of contacts, funding information and lessons learnt from the project team. Do you have an idea that could make us even more effective? Please get in touch!

• First stage report: Diversity In UK Polar Science Initiative 2019-2021
• Race Impact Survey Report: This report outlines the key findings and data summary from the first Race Impact survey undertaken by the Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative (DiPSI) in October 2020, with the guidance and support of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Additionally, you can access the Ethics Review document which was created to support the Race Impact Survey.
• Polar Horizons: A how-to guide to cohort-based engagement with underrepresented talent. Please get in touch with us if you would like to hear more about our experiences organising Polar Horizons.
• Polar Horizons report 2021
• The EDI 101 training document is currently used for BAS internal Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training, but is intended to be a tool that other organisations can adopt. At BAS it will be introduced as part of the Induction day to start conversations that precipitate organisation-wide cultural change. Please get in touch with us if you would like to adopt this presentation for your team or organisation, or have questions about how it is used.
• Polar calendar for Diversity and Inclusion–a starting point of dates that we plan activities around
• UK Polar community contact list –If you’re looking to get in touch with the UK Polar Community this is a compiled list of contacts. It’s just a start, and we’d welcome help to make the list more comprehensive. Please email our project team to make this document even better.
• Polar Funding information 2020 –The funding information document is not an exhaustive list of money, but it is a repository of funding, that lists which organizations fund fellowships, grants or bursaries that enable people to engage with polar science activities or attend polar conferences.

Journeys in Polar Science playlist–UK Polar Horizons Programme recorded talks

The below playlist contains talks presented to and by the DiPSI Polar Horizons Programme participants. These talks highlight different journeys, new and seasoned, in Polar Science.

External Networks within the Polar Community

• Pride in Polar Research
• Women in Polar Science
• Minorities in Polar Science
• The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Project Group and Resource Library

Useful reference materials – engaging communities

The following articles and blogs provide with a deeper dive into the array of diversity and inclusion work. These texts are hopefully inspiring and can provide with abundant tools to move forward.

The list is courtesy of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.

• Crafting a Smarter Strategy: The Art of Reaching the Bicultural Audience Today – Gloria Rodriguez
• The New Diverse: Multiracial and Bicultural – Carolina Madrid
• Diversity at Its Finest: Turning Problems Into Opportunities – Hugo Balta
• Fostering an Inclusive Culture – John Elsasser
• Thinking Beyond the Pipeline – Y’Anad Burrell
• Blueprint: Recruiting and Hiring Ethnically Diverse Talent – Kim L. Hunter
• Unconscious Bias: Cloning in the Workplace – Hugo Balta
• The Value of Diversity – Jane Dvorak
• Moving the Diversity Needle – Anthony Hicks
• Beyond the Buzzword: How to Talk About Diversity – Aerial Ellis
• DIVERSITY AND THE YEAR 2020 – Cornelius Alexander
• COMMUNITY RELATIONS? – Cornelius Alexander
• DIVERSITY 2.1: IN THE YEAR 2020 (AN UPDATE) – Cornelius Alexander

Explore opportunities BAS can offer

• Polar Employment
• Student opportunities

The UK polar science community receives much of its funding from UKRI-NERC.  British Antarctic Survey works with colleagues within UKRI-NERC to take forward a shared commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.  The Diversity in Polar Science initiative benefits from this association, as well as from its connections with influential polar networks.