Register for Slow Train Coming: One Year On

Setting a research agenda for exploring inequalities in higher music education Centre for Research in Music Education and Social Justice, University of Southampton and online, 24th November 2023 In November 2022, the Equality, Diversity and Music Studies Network published its…

Voice and EDI: Open Forum, 24 November 2023

This was a free discussion of EDI practice in voice studies, the singing profession, vocal healing/rehabilitation, and more at the EDIMS Open Forum on Friday 24th November, 1-3pm (Zoom). This forum was chaired by Shzr Ee Tan (RHUL) and features…

Slow Train Coming: One Year On

Call for Submissions Setting a research agenda for exploring inequalities in higher music education Centre for Research in Music Education and Social Justice, University of Southampton and online, 24th November 2023 In November 2022, the Equality, Diversity and Music Studies Network…

Open Forum, 25 April 2023

The next EDIMS (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Music Studies) Open Forum session will be held on Tuesday 25th April at 1pm-3pm (BST). You can reserve your spot at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edims-open-forum-on-aural-neuro-diversity-tickets-617839383227 This forum will be on on Aural-/Neuro-Diversity and is an opportunity…

Open Forum, 27 March 2023

This open forum was held Monday 27th March 2023, 1-3pm on Zoom. (Note: the first couple of minutes of the recording are missing but the rest is there.) Open Forum events are intended primarily for staff and students in the…

Launch of Research Report

Wednesday 16th November, 6.30pm online and in person at King’s College London. We are delighted to announce the launch of the EDI Music Studies research report ‘Slow Train Coming? Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in UK Music Higher Education’. The launch will…

Open Forum: Equality in Opera

This Open Forum was held on Zoom on Friday 2nd December, 1-3pm: Organiser and contact: Francesca Vella (francesca.vella@northumbria.ac.uk) Speakers: Katharine Ellis (Cambridge), Chair Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh (GSMD) Mia Pistorius (UCL/Witwatersrand) Sophie Gilpin (SWAP’ra) Michael Harper (RNCM)

Re-imagining the Music HE Curriculum

Monday 21st November 2022, 10.30am-12.00 noon (on MS Teams) Organisers and contact: Lauren Redhead L.Redhead@gold.ac.uk (Goldsmiths, University of London) and Jason Stanyek (Oxford) The EDIMS working group on ‘Re-imagining the Music HE Curriculum’ will this year conduct open discussion meetings which…

Open Forum: Inclusivity and Quality

Wednesday 19th October 2022, 1-3pm (on Zoom) Organiser and contact: Fay Hield f.hield@sheffield.ac.uk Speakers:Gillian Moore (South Bank Centre)Jennie Henley (Director of Programmes, RNCM)Sam Murray (ECR, Middlesex University)Chair: Esbjorn Wettermark (Sheffield) EDIMS Open Forum events are intended primarily for staff and…

Open Forum, 27 May 2022

This Open Forum took place on Friday 27th May 2022, 1-3pm UK time. It involved a discussion of the 2021 Arts Council report: Creating a More Inclusive Classical Music Sector Participants Chair: Diana Salazar, Royal College of Music Speakers: Linda…