ALN Innovation Fund 2024 Celebration (hosted online by EDI Action Group)
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About this event
Date: Thursday 6th February 2025
Time: 10.00am - 11.30am
Closing date for bookings: Thursday 30th January 2025
Platform: Online via Teams
This celebratory event will showcase the amazing innovation fund projects undertaken in 2024 - you can see more information about the projects - and ALN's EDI work in general here.
During the event, each of the projects will give a short presentation, sharing information and the impact of their project.
If you have an idea for a project for the next round of funding, come along and hear how this year's went - and get some tips from those who have been through it to get the best from the process.
The programme for the morning looks like this:
| Time | Innovation Fund Project | Presenters |
| 10:00 -10:05 | Introduction to the ALN EDI Innovation Fund | Dave Curtis (EDI Action Group Co-chair) |
| 10:05 - 10:15 | Evaluating university family study rooms | Kirsty Carver, Louise Dawson (Bradford) and Matthew Crofts, Kerry Dodd (Hull) |
| 10:15 - 10:25 | Breaking the Mold - Tackling Preconceptions and Unconscious Bias | Sarah Bishop (Teesside) |
| 10:30 - 10:40 | Student Engagement with Disability Support in the Library: Are we doing enough? | Jennifer Paton (York St John), Chris Beevers (Huddersfield) |
| 10:40 - 10:50 | Menopause Meetups | Katie Swalwell, Lesley Macnamara, Rachel Welch (Hull) and Fiona Rhodes (Lancaster) |
| 10:55 - 11:05 | Developing Zine Collections with Students | Anna Columbine (Manchester Met) and Alex Mitchell, Reis Tobolski (Salford) |
| 11:05 - 11:25 | Questions | Sally Dalton (EDI Action Group Co-chair) |