EPICUR EDI Toolkit

Actors
5.2.1. Target group for short-term activities
In the short-term, the target group is the Core EPICUR project team which is also working on the implementation
of the next project.. The current EDI EPICUR Working group analysed the resources that each EPICUR
institution has at its disposal.
The EDI Working group members adress EPICUR team members and student representatives in order to raise
awareness for principles of EDI and motivate them to further act as multipliers in the medium-term.
5.2.2. Target Group for the medium-term
In the medium term, the target group is broadened up to EPICUR university staff members and to EPICUR students.
The staff in charge of discrimination in each university are made aware of the EPICUR EDI principles and
the resources available in the other universities of the Alliance. It is planned that lecturers and teachers receive
training on EDI / discrimination definition and mechanisms that can take place during their lecture, as well as
training to encourage group work with cultural differences. Once trained, they act as multipliers for coming
years and propagate the EDI values to their sphere of influence. Students who participate to the EPICUR labelled
courses (all fields) as well as early career researchers participating in EPICamps or similar activities are
also made aware of EDI and trained in EDI issues. EPICUR Administrative staff also gets continuing education
related to EDI and acts as multipliers.
5.2.3. Target group in the long-term
On a longer perspective, it is planned that, the offices/departments responsible for EDI at each EPICUR university
can pick single measures and adapt them to their governance plans and strategies.
Although the measures are separable from each other, integration or intertwining of measures obviously leads
to a higher level of effectivity.
As the pace and degree of measures implemented varies between EPICUR universities, joint reflection and
possible alignment of the implementation of measures should be regularly discussed within EPICUR (e.g. list
of resources: to show the top level management how much resources are being provided for this topic, which
particularities of our countries have to be taken into consideration with regard to data gaps, legal regulations
for collecting data etc.).
In the long term, EPICUR EDI activities should impact not only all students and staff from all EPICUR universities,
but also its potential students and staff as well as alumni and the wider society.
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