EDI Festival 2022

focusing on the areas of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI)

3 February – 3 March 2022

The University of Amsterdam and the University of Birmingham are inviting staff and students to embrace the diversity of communities and ignite broader conversations about how we can foster a more inclusive city, university and student community. Embedding equity, diversity and inclusion, the student ambassadors of the two institutions are organising the second iteration of the yearly virtual EDI festival and this year’s theme is “Somewhere to Belong: Birmingham meets Amsterdam”.

Over the course of a month student ambassadors of both institutions host 5 interesting webinars with inspiring speakers from 20+ organisations representing a wide variety of expertise, views, and experiences:

  • 3 February: Challenges in Embedding EDI on Campus: a Work in Progress
  • 10 February: LGBTIQ+ Students with a Refugee Status
  • 17 February: Enabling Global Mobility for Disabled Students
  • 24 February: Legislating Conversion Therapy
  • 3 March: Financial Inclusion for Social Mobility

Further information

01.02.2022