Events

Pride 2024

Each year in June celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride month where the university hosts different events throughout the month to celebrate this. This year the school also hopes to participate in this by organising our own events. If anyone would like to get involved with this then please email smmsn.edi@abdn.ac.uk.

There are also lots of events taking place university wide which staff and students are encouraged to take part in. Please see the events and details below.

Grampian Pride 2024

When : Saturday 25 May @10 am

Where : Foodstory Cafe, Thistle Street

Grampian Pride 2024

All members of our University community and their families and friends are invited to show their support for the LGBTQ+ community at the Grampian Pride Parade taking place down Union Street on Saturday 25 May at 11.00am.

Meet with others attending from our community at Foodstory Café on Thistle St. at 10.30am before heading toward Holburn Junction for the start of the parade.

For more information about this event please click here.

Queer Theory in Discussion

When : Tuesday 28 May
             11.00am - 12.30pm

Where : NK3, New King's & Online (Hybrid event)

A collaborative session hosted by Sam Newington, involving postgraduate students in a discussion on queer theory. This session is open to all, focussing on an interest in queer literature.

Queer Classics

When : Friday 7 June
            11.00am - 12.30pm

Where : NK3, New King's & Online (Hybrid Event)

A session hosting Tim Baker, Sam Newington, Faith Bulman, Benoit Saba and Jordan Stead on the queer classical work they have been involved with. This session is open to all, focussing on an interest in queer literature.

Book your place here

Queer & Neurodivergence Training

When : Wednesday 12 June
             1.00pm - 2.00pm

Where : Meeting Room 3, Sir Duncan Rice Library & Online (Hybrid Event)

Training provided by Marion McLaughlin from Aurora Autistic Consulting around intersectionality on being neurodivergent and queer, aiming to mythbust common misconceptions. All are welcome.

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Pride Movie Night

When : Saturday 22 June
              7.00pm

Where : Union Brew, Students' Union Building

Join the Students' Union for a Pride movie night. The evening will begin with a short talk from Jacob Campbell, who is a Director of the Belmont Cinema Campaign on the importance of local cinema in the queer community before watching the film 'Pride'.

Emily Garside Talk

When : Wednesday 26 June
            10.00pm - 12.00pm

Where : Conference Room 402, Suttie Centre & Online (Hybrid Event)

A talk provided by Emily Garside focussing on queer history and culture as a way of promoting knowledge, inclusivity and kindness.

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May is mental health awareness month and across the university and school there are several events which staff and students can get involved in and learn more about mental health and the ways to support this not only for others but themselves. Please see the list of events below which you can attend or be part of.

Wear it Green Social Run/Walk

 When: 14 May 2024, 12:15 - 13:15

Where: Elphinstone Lawn

Social activity for Mental Health Awareness Week which runs from 13 - 19 May.

This year's theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is Moving More for Our Mental Health. Why not join the Wear it Green lunchtime social run/walk? Bring a colleague, your team or just yourself, don your green and head out for some fresh air with others! Meeting at Elphinstone Lawn at 12.15pm. Open to all levels of ability.

Bonus: bring your colleagues, snap a selfie together and send it to wellbeing@abdn.ac.uk to be entered into a prize draw for a chance to win an afternoon tea for your team! (Deadline for entry - 22 May)

Wellbeing Roadshow @ Rowett

When:  15 May 2024, 10:30 - 12:30

Pop along to the Wellbeing Roadshow! Come say hello and pick up some useful information.

The wellbeing team are going on the road.  

Between March and August 2024 the staff wellbeing roadshow will be coming to a building near you in the form of an information stall with interactive activities, all designed to better inform, empower and support you in relation to wellbeing and mental health.

We would encourage you to take 10 minutes to pop along to a roadshow near you to say hello, pick up some useful information and make time for your wellbeing. 

Hosted by : Experience, Engagement and Wellbeing

Venue : Rowett Institute, Atrium

Wellbeing Roadshow @ Suttie

 When : 22 May 2024, 10:30 - 12:30

Pop along to the Wellbeing Roadshow! Come say hello and pick up some useful information.

The wellbeing team are going on the road.  

Between March and August 2024 the staff wellbeing roadshow will be coming to a building near you in the form of an information stall with interactive activities, all designed to better inform, empower and support you in relation to wellbeing and mental health.

We would encourage you to take 10 minutes to pop along to a roadshow near you to say hello, pick up some useful information and make time for your wellbeing. 

Hosted by : Experience, Engagement and Wellbeing

Venue : Suttie Centre Atrium

When : 14th March 2024

Where : Sir Duncan Rice Library

Time : 11:00 - 11:30

What helps you stay mentally healthy at work? Share your tips at our pop-up event or online, for a chance to win a Sunrise Alarm Clock!

You’ll find lots of helpful advice and resources to support your mental wellbeing from UoA support services and mental health charities, Men Who Talk and SAMH.

Let’s talk and help remove the stigma!

Check out our resources for this University Mental Health Day 2024!

When : 15th May 2024

Where : Rowett Institute, Atrium

Time : 10:30 - 12:30

The wellbeing team are going on the road.  

Between March and August 2024 the staff wellbeing roadshow will be coming to a building near you in the form of an information stall with interactive activities, all designed to better inform, empower and support you in relation to wellbeing and mental health.

We would encourage you to take 10 minutes to pop along to a roadshow near you to say hello, pick up some useful information and make time for your wellbeing. 

"Thinking about collaborative methods and the Flourishing Lives Project", Professor Sara Ryan

This session featured a talk by Prof Sara Ryan from Manchester Metropolitan University titled: "Thinking about collaborative methods and the Flourishing Lives Project." Sara is a Professor of Social Care at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people and her work encompasses scholar activism.

Sara spoke to us about the value of and strategies to meaningfully include people with learning disabilities in health and wellbeing research.
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Dying to Give Birth? Black Women and Maternal Mortality in the UK, Dr Jenny Douglas

In October we held our EDI student seminar for postgraduate students where we were fortunate to have Dr Jenny Douglas present on black womens maternal health and the challenges they face in the UK. 

Dr Jenny Douglas is a senior lecturer in Health Promotion in the faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at the Open University. The focus of her research and activism is intersectionality - exploring how `race', class and gender affect particular aspects of African - Caribbean women's health. She established and chairs the Black Women's Health and Wellbeing Research Network (https://wels.open.ac.uk/research/projects/black-womens-health-wellbeing-research-network), and is a medical sociologist with a PhD in Women's Studies from the University of York. In addition to this she was a visiting scholar at George Washington University, USA, during the tenure of a National Centre for Research Methods fellowship on intersectionality informed research methods. She is an honarary member of the faculty of Public Health, a director of the UK Public Health Register and a Trustee of the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness.