Professor Millicent Mackenzie Award for the Advancement of EDI in Academic or Professional Life
About the Professor Millicent Mackenzie Award
This award recognises a team or individual who has gone above and beyond in advocating for or embedding Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) within their research or innovation, demonstrating a sustained and exceptional commitment to advancing EDI beyond expectations.
Winners of this award will demonstrate significant contributions in one or more of the following ways:
- Advocating for or embedding Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in their ways of working in research or innovation.
- Demonstrating a sustained and exceptional commitment to advancing EDI within their workplace, community etc beyond expectations- sharing what was achieved by implementing those values.
- A reach and impact of their work.
- Notable outputs of their work.
- Any other notable achievements, e.g. innovation, major projects, knowledge transfer, dissemination of their work etc.
Open to individuals or teams.
Discover Professor Millicent Mackenzie: Who was Millicent Mackenzie and why is she associated with our ‘Advancement of EDI in Academic or Professional Life’ award?
Professor Millicent MacKenzie was a pioneering educationalist and suffragist who was the ‘first woman’ in several areas. The first woman to become a Professor in Wales and later the first woman in Wales to stand for Parliament, a founding member of the Cardiff Suffrage society and devoted to tackling poverty. She was passionate about social and educational improvement and women’s suffrage.
Scrutiny Committee membership
Members of the scrutiny committee will be announced shortly.