In celebration of Black History Month in the UK, the digital capabilities service at the University of Kent is releasing a series of blog posts … Read more
Category: Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity
BHM: Technologists, inventors, and pioneers of digital society
Do you know the history of black people in the digital world? The media often discusses the lack of diversity in the tech industry and … Read more
Digital access to core textbooks?
Equitable access There has been a rapid move towards digital provision of teaching resources, escalated by the pandemic. However, academics are discovering that e-textbooks that … Read more
Diversity collection from ProQuest
The library has access to a collection of over 2000 e-books from ProQuest for 2021/2022 to help us diversify our library collections. This customised collection … Read more
Accessibility and inclusion news: Accessibility requests
Imagine that a newly built public building doesn’t have step free access. Instead, a flight of stairs leads to the front door. The building exists … Read more
Accessibility and inclusion news: Technical improvements to our institutional and data repositories
Both the Kent Academic Repository (KAR) and the Kent Data Repository (KDR) have been around for some time but needed work to improve accessibility. … Read more
Accessibility and inclusion news: developing our EPrints institutional repository
Previously in Accessibility and inclusion news we shared information about creating accessibility statements for our repositories and open journal systems. Here’s what we’ve been working … Read more
Curating inclusive reading lists – top tips
There are a number of steps and things that you can consider when curating your reading lists for students to make them inclusive and … Read more
Disability History Month virtual reading list 2020
Explore our reading list and discover books and resources which celebrate achievements and challenges overcome Get involved for Disability History Month! Student Services, Information Services … Read more
Accessibility and Inclusion News
We’ve created this blog to keep you updated about the work we’re doing to embed accessibility and inclusive practices at the heart of Research Support. … Read more