Explore insights into what reverse mentoring has to offer in advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion in complex organisations.

About this event
The event will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. The meeting link and joining instructions will be made available to you via the Eventbrite online event page following sign-up. Attendees are welcome to drop-in and out of the event as their schedule permits.

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What is the reverse mentoring revolution?
This event will showcase experiences and insights into reverse mentoring from the EPSRC-funded STEMM-CHANGE Project. Join us virtually to hear Associate Professor Stacy Johnson MBE outline the roadmap for applying the ReMEDI reverse mentoring approach to tackling equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in STEMM and complex organisations more broadly.

We’ll explore:

• The STEMM-CHANGE reverse mentoring roadmap
• The role reverse mentoring can play in a systems approach to EDI strategy
• The reverse mentor/mentee experience
• Reverse mentoring in different organisations

Programme
10:00 – 11:00 Keynote addresses: The Reverse Mentoring Roadmap

• Stacy Johnson MBE (Associate Professor, University of Nottingham)
• Tunde Agbalaya (Diversity & Inclusion Project Manager, The Wellcome Trust)

Audience Q&A

11:00 – 11:15 Break

11:15 – 12:15 Reverse Mentoring & EDI Strategy

• Professor Sarah Sharples (Pro-Vice-Chancellor Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and People, University of Nottingham)
• Carol Steed (Leadership & Management Director, University of Nottingham)

Presenter Q&A followed by audience Q&A

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch

13:15 – 14:15 The Reverse Mentor/Mentee Experience

We’ll hear experiences from a collection of reverse mentors and mentees.

14:15 – 14:30 Break

14:30 – 15:30 Reverse Mentoring across Organisations

Manal Sadik (Associate Director for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion & Widening Participation, Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust).

Audience Q&A: Share your experiences and ask questions about using reverse mentoring in your organisation

Closing remarks