Events
EDIMS events are managed by the Events Working Group. We organise a range of events related to EDI practice in Music HE.
Upcoming events
Past events
- 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 will be informally chaired by Jason and Lauren, but without a fixed agenda. The aim… 
- 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 students in the Music HE sector, as a space for discussion, exchange of ideas 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 Begbie, Manchester Collective Lauren Braithwaite, University of Oxford Anna Bull, University of York Tom Spurgin,… 
- Open Forum, 23 March 2022- EDIMS Open Forum events are intended primarily for staff and students in the Music HE sector, as a space for discussion, exchange of ideas and reflection on current EDI practice. This event was held on 23rd March, 3-5pm via Zoom. Please find the video recording below. Chair: Vanessa Paloma Elbaz, University of Cambridge Speakers:Jacob Thompson-Bell,… 
- Open Forum, 7 February 2022- The Open Forum Events in spring/summer 2022 are intended primarily for staff and students in the Music HE sector, as a space for discussion, exchange of ideas and reflection on current EDI practice. This event was held on Monday 7th February 2022, 4-6pm via Zoom. Please find the video recording below. Speakers: Fay Hield, University…