Directors’ Briefing: Diversity in the M25 Consortium: challenging ourselves and our institutions – December 2022

Directors’ Briefing: Diversity in the M25 Consortium: challenging ourselves and our institutions – Monday 12^th of December 2022

Directors and Heads of Service (from both within and without the M25 Consortium) were invited to attend a Directors’ Briefing.

Speakers presented on their experiences of how the M25 Consortium has worked to develop equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives within and across member libraries so far. The event included reflections from the lived experience of Consortium member staff.

Ahead of the briefing, attendees were requested to read and reflect on the results of a recent staff survey. The survey and presentations can be viewed below:

Staff Survey of M25 institutions.

Katie Winter (University of Surrey, and Chair of M25 Diversity Group) and Cliff van Dort (The National Archives): Diversity in M25 Institutions: findings of a recent survey.

Helen Rimmer (University of Westminster): Changing recruitment and retention practices: a case study

Further information on the work of the M25 Diversity Group can be found on our website:

Diversity Group – M25 (m25lib.ac.uk)

Diversity Case Studies and Resources – M25 (m25lib.ac.uk)