Nura Sidarus

• Chair of RHUL's Gender Equity Group (2025 - )

  • Oversee the implementation and monitoring of RHUL's Athena Swan action plan, and chair regular group meetings, convening members across the university.

  • Coordinate with senior leadership and various EDI-related teams, and report to the EDI committee.

• Member of RHUL's LGBT+ Equity Group (2024 - )

  • Group oversees RHUL's Stonewall Workplace Equality Index actions.

• Chair of the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion team, Dept Psychology, RHUL (2022 - )

  • Oversee departmental Athena Swan SAT and action plan implementation.

  • Leading the development, implementation, and management of the Dignity Listeners scheme for the School of Life Sciences and the Environment (LSE) – a scheme to support staff navigating challenges to their dignity at work.

  • Leading a workgroup in a multi-year project on Decolonising and Diversifying the Curriculum,  including the creation of a practical guide on how improve their teaching.

  • Helped develop and run the LSE PEMENTOS (Peer Mentoring To Succeed) scheme to support incoming students' transition to university (overview in LSE EDI initiatives; details in this article).

  • Created an Inclusivity Bookshelf in our departmental common room to share books and resources on EDI topics. Find out more and how to create your own here.​​

• Member of the Equalities team, Dept Psychology, RHUL (2020 - 2022)

  • Helped set up and run the Psychology Undergraduate Research Bursary scheme to make research placements more transparent and inclusive. This was awarded the RHUL College Team Teaching Prize & Student's Union "You're Valued Award" in 2022. Read more in this Times Higher Education article.

  • Created a list of EDI resources and information on the departmental THESIS webpages.

• Chair of European chapter of WiCS+, WiCS+E (2019 - )

  • WiCS+: Women in Cognitive Science / Widening Inclusion in Cognitive Science.

  • We organise regular meetings at conferences (e.g. ESCoP), including talks/discussions and mentoring opportunities (e.g. speed mentoring), as well as broader networking opportunities (hubs), and awards to recognise and support researchers.

• Founder and chair of the DEC Equality & Diversity steering committee, ENS (2018 - 2019)

  • We set up a mentoring programme for staff, postdocs, and students in the department, as well as organised events, surveys, and more. More on the website, which includes a page on "Am I biased?", with tips and resources on reducing biases.

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