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Membership of Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE)

The Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education focuses on access to doctoral study for graduates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. The project is a collaboration between:

  • five universities in Yorkshire,
  • 12 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded doctoral training partnerships and centres for doctoral training
  • a number of external partners dedicated to equity at doctoral level.

What we have done with YCEDE

The University of Bradford has a strategic role in the Yorkshire-wide project. Along with the University of Sheffield, we are tasked with the implementation of a postgraduate researcher (PGR) mentoring programme. The programme works with PGRs and faculty from all five YCEDE universities to help students through their PhD journey.

Through a collaboration between Brad-ATTAIN & YCEDE, the Brad-ATTAIN Seminar Series programme has emerged. The programme offers free seminars on a range of tasks students encounter on their pathway to postgraduate research.

Past seminars have covered the topics of:

  • Research proposal writing,
  • Expectations of a first year PhD students,
  • The world of research publishing,
  • How to write literature review.

Several of our students have been involved in YCEDE programmes.  One of our Brad-ATTAIN PhD students and member of the YCEDE scholars board, Zenab Sabahat, was a nominee for the noble Yorkshire Asian Young Achievers Award (YAYA) for her work in mental health.

Both YCEDE and Brad-ATTAIN have been informed by the University of Bradford’s vision of a world of inclusion and equality of opportunity, where diversity is a source of strength, is valued, supported and leveraged. We are committed to ensuring people want to and can make a difference, and we want to be the place to make that difference.

Professor Shirley Congdon

University of Bradford YCEDE Contacts

Dr Tiffany R Holloman (She/Her)

Project Manager, Brad-ATTAIN & YCEDE

A portrait photo of Tiffany R Holloman, Project Manager of Brad-ATTAIN & YCEDE

Tiffany is a project manager for Brad-ATTAIN and YCEDE in the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity at the University of Bradford. She is co-founder and co-director of Same Skies Think Tank, as well as a part-time lecturer at RADA.

Her sociological research examines race and education in the UK and US and her historical research investigates King James VI&I in Early Modern Britain. She is the author of several articles, chapters, as well as a co-editor of two books.

Her activism stems from a desire to work with community members in the elevation of human development. She loves the Arts, NES ROMS, travelling, baseball, fishing, and chess.

Contact

Email
[email protected]
Phone
+441274232239
A portrait photo of Tiffany R Holloman, Project Manager of Brad-ATTAIN & YCEDE

Project Manager, Brad-ATTAIN & YCEDE

Lenka Kaur (She/Her)

YCEDE, Access & Participation Coordinator

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Lenka is the YCEDE and Access and Participation Coordinator and works within the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity at the University of Bradford. She has extensive experience in managing and coordinating various projects and half her career has been focused on EDI development within the FE education sector. She is passionate about human rights and committed to challenging discrimination and injustice.

Originally from Slovakia, she considers Bradford her second home. She enjoys a good book, walk in a countryside, spending time with her family and occasional baking if time allows it.

Contact

Email
[email protected]
A profile photo of Lenka Kaur, Access and Participation Coordinator

YCEDE, Access & Participation Coordinator