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EvenUP Initiative to boost collaboration between university presses on diversity and inclusion
Cambridge University Press has joined the UK and Ireland’s other major university presses to launch a new framework for collaboration on equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplaces, in who we work with and in what we publish.
While different presses have their own initiatives, all are eager to collaborate in order to amplify them. EvenUP provides a set of principles they can use to increase that collaboration. The signatories undertake to:
- Share best practice for equality, diversity and inclusion across presses.
- Commit to using either the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) survey tool to collect demographic data, or our own surveys of comparable quality, in order to assess and understand areas in which we can improve, benchmarking across presses where appropriate.
- Create and share an ongoing programme of training and events, such as guest speakers, webinars, online symposia.
- Promote and demonstrate transparency and equal opportunity in recruitment and career progression processes in university presses.
- Work together to raise awareness of career opportunities in our presses with groups that are currently underrepresented in scholarly publishing.
- Have a designated lead for equality, diversity and inclusivity in our organisations and have those leads meet regularly.
Along with Cambridge, the university presses involved in the initiative are: Bristol, Cork, Edinburgh, Goldsmiths, Harvard (International office), Liverpool, University of London, Manchester, MIT (UK office), Oxford, Princeton (European office), University College Dublin, University College London, The University of Wales Press, University of Westminster and Yale University Press London.
Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Cambridge University Press, said: “As university presses we are committed to supporting greater equity across academia through more diverse and inclusive academic publishing.
“These principles are a starting point for each of us to make tangible and positive changes that welcome diversity of thought, perspective and approach to our publishing as well as creating an inclusive environment for our own teams. This need not be an area where we compete: instead, we can achieve greater progress through open collaboration.”
EvenUP complements the work of AUPresses and the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC).
Learn about Cambridge University Press & Assessment’s approach to equality, diversity, inclusivity and belonging.
