Disability Inclusive Science Careers

在我们的研究社区内招募和留住有才华的研究人员，对英国的经济和作为全球科学发现领导者的地位至关重要。尽管有法律框架和大学和其他雇主的倡议，但残疾研究人员和有慢性健康问题的人在进入永久学术职位之前正在离开科学职业生涯。例如，障碍包括：--建筑环境，--无法进入的实验室和报告厅，--包括共享办公空间或网络的社会障碍，--管理障碍(例如，对残疾组织政策和框架的了解有限)。必须克服这些障碍，以确保科学职业生涯对所有有才华的科学家开放。因此，本研究的重点是早期进入科学职业生涯，特别是博士后研究人员。该项目的目的是通过共同设计一套基于网络的工具和游戏技术(残疾包容科学职业光盘)来改善博士后残疾科学家的招聘、保留和进步。残疾包容科学职业生涯(DISC)是一套基于网络的身临其境的虚拟现实游戏工具，旨在支持行业雇主、大学、研究资助者、工会和其他关键利益攸关方创建残疾包容科学职业生涯。该项目由两所大学、残疾倡导组织和一家全球工程公司的研究人员和职业发展专家组成的团队领导。残疾研究人员、经理、雇主和其他关键利益攸关方将与具有多样性和组织变革专业知识的学者共同设计光盘。工作方案包括五个工作包：工作包1：将绘制大学和雇主的现有政策和最佳实践，并采访关键利益攸关方，共同设计基于网络的工具和身临其境的虚拟现实游戏。工作包2：将开发、实施和完善基于网络的工具，该工具通过采访残疾学者和关键利益攸关方开发，并根据最终用户的反馈进行改进。光盘将包括第一人称的动画和视频，讲述科学、职业和残疾。在线培训将使参与者了解残疾立法、无障碍政策和实践、组织的最佳实践、为残疾研究人员提供的合理调整指导和自我照顾支持。工作方案3：与一家软件开发公司合作，为直线经理和研究负责人开发身临其境的虚拟现实游戏，让参与者沉浸在残疾研究人员的生活体验中。工作包3还将与管理人员和研究带头人就纳入残疾问题拟订和提供培训员培训课程。然后，这种培训可以推广到参与者的组织中。工作包4：将共同设计、提供和实施针对残疾博士生和博士后研究人员的培训，内容涉及他们的权利和责任以及如何要求合理的调整。工作包5：将光盘嵌入参与组织的组织实践和政策中，并通过2020年的残疾纳入暑期学校向苏格兰和联合王国其他地区的所有大学传播。为了评估DISC的效果，参与者将在工作包3、4和5之前和之后完成认识问卷，并将在资金结束后的3年内进行跟踪。

It is vital for the UK's economy and position as a global leader of scientific discovery that talented researchers are recruited and retained within our research communities. Despite legal frameworks and initiatives by universities and other employers, disabled researchers, and those with chronic health problems, are leaving scientific careers before entering permanent academic positions. Barriers to disability inclusive careers include, for example:- the built environment,- inaccessible laboratories and lectures halls,- social barriers including shared office spaces or networking and- managerial, (e.g. limited understanding of disability organisational policies and frameworks).It is vital that these barriers are overcome in order to ensure scientific careers are open to all talented scientists. For this reason, this research focuses on early career entry to scientific careers, specifically postdoctoral researchers. The aim of this project is to improve the recruitment, retention & progression of postdoctoral disabled scientists through the co-design of a suite of web based tools and gaming technologies (Disability Inclusive Science Careers - DISC).Disability Inclusive Science Careers (DISC) is a suite of web based and immersive virtual reality gaming tools designed to support industry employers, universities, research funders, trade unions and other key stakeholders to create disability inclusive scientific careers. The project is led by a team of researchers and career development specialists in two universities, disability advocacy organisations and a global engineering company. Disabled researchers, managers, employers and other key stakeholders will co-design DISC alongside academics with expertise in diversity and organisational change.The programme of work consists of five work packages:Work Package 1: will map existing policies and best practice in universities and employers and interviewing key stakeholders to co-design a web-based tool and the immersive virtual reality games.Work Package 2: will develop, implement and refine, the web based tool developed using interviews with disabled academics and key stakeholders, and refined based on feedback with end-users. DISC will include animations and videos of first person narratives of science careers and disability. Online training will expose participants to disability legislation, accessibility policies and practices, best practice from organisations, reasonable adjustments guidance and self-care support for disabled researchers.Work Package 3: partners with a software development company to develop immersive virtual reality games for line managers and research leaders to immerse participants in the lived experiences of disabled researchers. Work package 3 will also develop and deliver train-the-trainer sessions with managers and research leaders on disability inclusion. This training can then be rolled out into participants' organisations.Work Package 4: will co-design, deliver and implement training for disabled PhD students and postdoctoral researchers on their on their rights and responsibilities and how to ask for reasonable adjustments.Work Package 5: embeds DISC into the organisational practices and policies in participating organisations, and disseminated to all universities in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, via a disability inclusion summer school in 2020. To assess the efficacy of DISC participants will complete awareness questionnaires before and after work packages 3, 4 and 5 and will be followed up over a 3 year period following the end of the funding.