Simran Kaur smiling outside the SGSAH offices.

Joining SGSAH: Reflections on EDI, Access and Belonging

Guest Blog: We’re pleased to welcome Simran Kaur, SGSAH’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Associate Director, to the blog. Simran joined SGSAH in May 2026 and also works within the EDI team at the University of Strathclyde as Senior Race and Equalities Officer. In this guest contribution, she shares some reflections from her first few … Continue reading Joining SGSAH: Reflections on EDI, Access and Belonging

A group of four protesters hold up hand drawn signs voicing opposition to redundancies and salary cuts at their university

Precarity in Scottish HEIs

This week, guest blogger Taylor Jeoffroy sheds some light on the current Scottish HEI funding crisis, sharing her personal experience as a PhD student at the University of Dundee and reflecting on the ways in which precarity in the sector affects postgraduate researchers directly (Featured image courtesy of The Courier)...

My Research Life: International Women’s Day as a Woman in Academia

In this week’s blog, Beth Price celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, reflecting on what still needs to be done. International Women's Day Poster, free resource from IWD website March is Women’s History Month, and this Friday, 8 March, is International Women’s Day (IWD), so naturally I have been thinking about my existence … Continue reading My Research Life: International Women’s Day as a Woman in Academia