Posts in "Equality and Diversity"

It’s LGBTQ+ History Month! To celebrate members of the LGBTQ+ Staff and Postgraduate Network have come together to share their recommendations for LGBTQ+ entertainment. Whether you’re looking to expand your reading list, find a new podcast or want something to binge on Netflix this weekend. Why not check out what…

At the University of Aberdeen, we have a wide range of resources available to students related to the field of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). The team from the library have prepared reading lists of available material relating to neurodiversity, mental health, LGBTQ+ and decolonisation, which we have collated into…

The world is becoming more unequal. Social injustices continue at pace often in association with personal characteristics such as race, gender, sexuality, ableness, religion, class and more. We can see the social injustices in the unlawful killings of Black people in the USA, the rise of Islamophobia, homophobic attacks, increasing…

This Disability History Month we’re sharing the experiences of our staff who live with disabilities. The goal is to help raise awareness of the support available to staff and students with similar experiences. If you want to share your experience to support others please complete…

“I can’t focus if something is boring.” It may sound ridiculous, but this is what I Googled back in 2020 after I returned to my home country completely shattered as the university experience turned out to be far from what I have expected. A few moments after, a combination of four letters, previously unknown to me, caught my attention: ADHD. 

What is ADHD? 

Attention…

I’m going to let you into a little secret, my name is Emily and I’m a 3^rd year student studying BSc (Hons) Applied Sports Science. I bet you thought I was going to tell you my little secret was that I am dyslexic. For the record I am, but I…

As part of the University of Aberdeen's support for Neurodiversity Celebration Week, the Library would like to highlight materials from our collection that contain a wealth of resources and research on neurodiversity and its impact. Covering how the human brain can develop and interpret information and stimuli in myriad different…

Horror and queerness have gone hand in hand since it’s origins. From the notion of “otherness” and queer monsters in F.W Muranu’s Nosferatu (1922) to the era of the lesbian vampires in Dracula’s Daughter (1936) to more contemporary and intersectional representation of empowered transgender final girls in Assassination Nation (2019).

Horror…

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and with it the hopeless romantic’s worst enemy: the bitter realist. Valentine’s Day is a product of capitalism, was made up by the greeting card industry, by florists…and many more such protestations are sure to come your way. But really, isn’t it nice…

As part of UoA's Disability History Month and Transgender Awareness Week Celebrations, current student and Disabled Students' Forum Liaison Officer, Rian, discusses his experience as a disabled, bisexual, trans man.