National Intersectionality Conference 2019: Promoting Disability Equality and Social Inclusion

1. 1st Joint National Intersectionality Conference 2019 & Proudly Sponsored by https://nadsn-uk.org/conference2019/ Please use your web-enabled device to access the captions for this session via the viewer link on the conference webpage #intersectionalityMcr2019 @nadsn_uk @LGBTNoNHE @OfficialUoM @ManMetUni

2. connecting and representing Disabled Staff Networks in the tertiary education sector (universities and colleges) across the UK and beyond nadsn-uk.org @nadsn_uk NatAssDSN

3. Who Are We? • NADSN is a super-network with a mission to connect and represent disabled staff networks • We focus on the tertiary education sector (i.e. universities and colleges) • We are open to any individual and organisation interested in the equality of disabled staff • We act as a collective platform to share experiences and good practice and examine challenges and opportunities • We are an unincorporated association, non-governmental, independent and self-determining, made up of impassioned people @nadsn_uk

4. Our Aims – some of them! • Promote disability equality and campaign for disabled staff networks to be supported in the workplace • Promote the interests of disabled staff on a national level • Challenge stereotypes by endorsing the Social Model of Disability, promoting a positive image of disabled people and eliminating the deficit/medical model • Organise and deliver accessible events that can bring disabled staff and disability equality allies together • Create regional hubs to make it easier for members to meet each other • Support relevant research projects, policies and guidance for disabled staff, managers, institutions of tertiary education (HEIs and FEIs) and Government agencies • Link with disabled students, particularly at postgraduate and doctoral levels @nadsn_uk

5. Social Model of Disability • “The social model of disability identifies systemic barriers, negative attitudes and exclusion by society (purposely or inadvertently) that mean society is the main contributory factor in disabling people” (Wikipedia) • Prejudice, ignorance, stigma • Negative attitudes • Inaccessible places, conversations and information @nadsn_uk

6. Some Facts • Launched at the “What Are We Hiding?” National Conference on 6th June 2014 at The University of Manchester @nadsn_uk

7. Some Facts • NADSN mailing list currently has more than 200 members from more than 100 different organisations across the UK and abroad, including 59 universities in the UK • Led by a Steering Committee @nadsn_uk

8. STEERING COMMITTEE Chair Hamied Haroon (Uni Manchester) Vice-Chairs Jacquie Nicholson (Uni Aberdeen) Stuart Moore (Health EducEng) Secretary Nicole Brown (Uni Coll London) Fundraiser/Treasurer Jacquie Nicholson (Uni Aberdeen) Communications Lead Mona Patel (Man Met Uni) Engagement Lead Jonathan Levitt (Uni Wolverhampton) Regional Leads … @nadsn_uk

9. Scotland Jacquie Nicholson (Uni Aberdeen) North East England vacant Midlands Angela Breen (Uni Birmingham) Northern Ireland Angela Getty (Ulster Uni) North West England Lykara Ryder & Mona Patel (Manchester Met Uni) East of England vacant Yorkshire & the Humber vacant South East England YotaDimitriadi (Uni Reading) Wales vacant London Ashok Jashapara (Royal Holloway, Uni London) South West England vacant

10. Annual Conferences 2016 2015 2017 2018

11. NADSN’s FIRST PATRON @nadsn_uk

12. LGBT+ Network of Networks in Higher Education enhancing the sustainability of LGBT+ Staff Networks in the higher education sector, and supporting the continuous professional development of their networks’ officers lgbtnonhe.ac.uk (coming soon) @LGBTNoNHE

13. WHAT? • LGBT+ Network of Networks in Higher Education (NoN) is a super-network with a mission to connect and represent LGBT+ staff networks • We focus on the higher education sector • Most of our members are LGBT+ Staff Networks officers or ally practitioners from higher education institutions in the UK • NoN members have a proud and collegiate culture in offering peer support to fellow LGBT+ Staff Networks through the NoN mail list • NoN convenes members’ meetings twice a year to disseminate inclusive practices and professional training workshops. @LGBTNoNHE

14. OUR ASPIRATION! • Focus on supporting LGBT+ staff network officers with their knowledge of LGBT+ equality issues and skills around engagement with senior leadership • Provision of national support, training, and resources to empower LGBT+ networks and individual officers • Supporting networks to become more stable and resilient to ensure “business continuity” of their mission • A first point of contact for E&D units or individuals at institutions which do not currently have a network, or are seeking to refresh/renew their exiting provision • Providing a strong national voice for LGBT+ staff networks in HE @LGBTNoNHE

15. SOME FACTS • Founded in 2017 after a call through the LGBT History Month blog on then ECU website and officially launched in summer 2018 • A consortium of nearly 200 professionals from around 90 universities, research institutions, sectoral agencies, and equality organisations • Led by a Steering Group of 10 • Our members’ meetings have been on a tour to LSE, Warwick, UCL, Sheffield Hallam • Next meeting: 8th October, 2019 at The Open University @LGBTNoNHE

16. STEERING GROUP • Sammy @ Birmingham - Convener • Jordan @ Aston - Champion (Engagement) • Kevin @ UCL - Champion (Intersectionality) • Anne @ UCL and Caz @ Imperial - Champion (Lesbian) • Sandra @ Chester and Will @ Wolverhampton - Champion (Bi) • Catherine @ Greenwich - Champion (Gender Identity) • Claire @ Warwick & Isabella @ ual: - Champion (Ally) Advisers: Jess @ Advance HE, Pete & Esme @ Stonewall, Sean @ Sean Russell Consulting @LGBTNoNHE

17. @LGBTNoNHE

18. THE VOICE FROM NoN • Promoting an educational environment free from harassment and bullying does not contradict the principles of academic freedom • We advocate for an academy where everybody can be authentic to be who they are • We stand in solidarity with trans staff and students and will continue to challenge views that run counter to our principles of an inclusive academy @LGBTNoNHE

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23. & Joint National Conference 2019

26. 17:30 NADSN Steering Committee meeting

27. Intersectionality Conference Planning Group • Representing the National Association of Disabled Staff Networks (NADSN): • Dr Hamied Haroon (Chair) | Jacqueline Nicholson (Vice Chair) | Stuart Moore (Vice Chair) | Dr Jonathan Levitt (Engagement Lead) • Representing the LGBT+ Network of Networks in Higher Education (LGBT+ NoN): • Dr Sammy Li (Chair) | Kevin Coutinho (Intersectionality Lead, and also Vice Chair of the Higher Education Race Action Group) • Representing The University of Manchester: • Patrick Johnson (Head of ED&I) | Paul Marks-Jones (ED&I Partner) | Veronique Rizzuto (ED&I Administrator) | Kirsty Hutchison and Sara Fernandez (Co-Chairs of the Disabled Staff Network) | Dr Suzanne Verstappen (Director for Social Responsibility in the School of Biological Sciences) | Ciara Wright (ED&I Project Officer in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health) • Representing Manchester Metropolitan University: • Mona Patel (E&D Specialist, and also NADSN Regional Co-Lead for North West England) | Lykara Ryder (Co-Chair of the Disabled Staff Forum, and also NADSN Regional Co-Lead for North West England) | Margaret Tullett MBE

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30. 1st Joint National Intersectionality Conference 2019 & Proudly Sponsored by https://nadsn-uk.org/conference2019/ Please use your web-enabled device to access the captions for this session via the viewer link on the conference webpage #intersectionalityMcr2019 @nadsn_uk @LGBTNoNHE @OfficialUoM @ManMetUni