Leading Routes ‘Black in Academia: The Careers Series’
By Justine Hope and Delayna Spencer
Today, this blog post isn't about highlighting the work SAGE is doing to create a fairer and more equitable society, rather it is to highlight the important work other organisations are doing that we feel privileged to be able to promote and support.
Leading Routes, founded by Paulette Williams, is a ‘pioneering initiative that aims to prepare the next generation of Black academics.’ They aim to explore ‘new ways to strengthen the academic pipeline for black students, from a black-led perspective.’
SAGE is honoured to continue its support of Leading Route’s Black in Academia campaign, spearheaded by Chantelle Lewis, that ‘aims to further the conversation about the representation of black students and staff in the UK’, with the launch of The Careers Series.
The goal for The Careers Series was to support black postgraduate students and early career academics for a career in academia by connecting them with industry professionals to offer guidance and practical tips. Launched in May, it is a series of four online seminars in a joint collaboration between Leading Routes, SAGE Publishing, Wiley, Wellcome, the British Academy, the Royal Geographical Society and the British Ecological Society.
Seminar One, 19th May: Getting Published: A Roadmap to Journals and Academic Book Publishing
The first event was designed to demystify the different routes to publishing, with Delayna Spencer and Justine Hope from SAGE Publishing and Dr madeleine kennedy-macfoy, Education International and co-Editor of European Journal of Women’s Studies
Seminar Two, 16th June, 5pm (BST): Rethinking Post-PhD Careers: Alternative Paths in Academia and Research
The second event explores alternative career paths beyond PhD research, with Dr Muna Abdi, MA Education Consultancy,
Dr Sonja Ojo, Wiley and Professor Chris Jackson, Earth Sciences,
Book tickets for this event here.
Seminars three and four aim to offer practical tips and support for grant writing and are split to focus each on advice specific to STEM, and then Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Seminar Three, 7th July, 5pm (BST): Writing Winning Grants for STEM
with Karen Devine, British Ecological Society, Shomari Lewis-Wilson, Wellcome, and Jackie Jones, Wiley
Book tickets for this event here.
Seminar Four, 14th July, 5pm (BST): Writing Winning Grants for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Speakers: Catherine Souch, Royal Geographical Society; Professor Simon Swain and Professor Katherine Ellis from The British Academy, and Anna O’Brien, Wiley
Book tickets for this event here.
SAGE is committed to Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and our company was founded on the ethos that high-quality social science research can make a real difference in society. In 2020, the brutal killing of George Floyd shone a spotlight on the mass inequalities that sadly still exist today. For our part, we took this as an opportunity to enable everyone to be able to educate themselves by making important research on the topics of Structural Racism and Police Violence freely available for all. SAGE recognises that as a society, while there is still a long way to go, we must do our part to diversify voices in our publishing programme to better represent our rich and varied society. In partnering with Leading Routes, we're hoping to support and encourage the next generation of these voices.
For information on how you can support Leading Routes please visit their website here: https://leadingroutes.org/
If you are an organisation that is committed to this important work then get in touch to see if SAGE could offer its support.
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