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Resources for embedding EDI in teaching - processes and lessons learnt
Agg, Chloe Quazi, Sophia
Agg, Chloe
Quazi, Sophia
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2025
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Abstract
Marginalised students face less successful outcomes due to systemic biases, yet innovation and sustainability is more successful with diverse design groups. Teaching equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) may help address this, aligning with the UN sustainability goal of equity. However, few academics in STEM disciplines feel confident and knowledgeable regarding EDI, and are already feel stretched to capacity, making it a challenge to incorporate EDI teaching. Within Mechanical Engineering we have compulsory EDI teaching in years 1-2, and an elective module for years 3-4. Through Teaching and Learning fund support we have created a website with resources to enable academics, students and industry to embed EDI into their teaching and training, reducing workload and increasing sustainability. These include videos, lesson plans, slide-decks, course handbooks, recommended reading lists and others: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mechanical-engineering/about-us/equality-diversity-inclusion--culture/resources/. At EESD 2025 a workshop introduced participants to the contents of the website, and our own journeys in EDI teaching. Participants were enabled to create plans to teach EDI, using our resources as well as giving feedback on them. The need for the democratisation of EDI resources to support academic staff in sustainable development of teaching is identified and supported through our project, REET.
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workshops, industry collaboration, equity, diversity & inclusion, engineering education, engineering for sustainable development, education for sustainabilty, sustainability in engineering