BAM supports the work of UKRI’s EDI Caucus (EDICa). EDICa has been commissioned by UKRI to undertake an additional piece of research for them, to be completed by the end of March. EDICa is calling for evidence.
- If you have unpublished research in this area you can share or if you have had experience of supporting or hiring someone applying for a visa in the last 5 years please click here: Visa Support
- If you have lived experience of applying for a visa to work in the UK in the last 5 years, please click here: Visa Lived
The UKRI EDI strategy states that they will use their funding, strategies, policies and processes to support the diversity of people, talent and ideas needed for world-leading research and innovation. Improving migration routes for highly skilled researchers and innovators to move to the UK is a key objective of the People & Culture strategy.
UKRI published a Global Mobility evidence report in 2023, which identified a number of gaps in what evidence exists in the context of global researcher mobility. At the time of the report, no evidence could be identified on how diverse our international workforce is in the UK.
UKRI have commissioned the EDI Caucus to address one of those gaps - looking at diversity of globally mobile researchers and the impact of UK immigration policy on groups with protected characteristics. This information will help UKRI understand where UKRI, the UK government and the UK's research & innovation sector should focus attention to better support a diverse and inclusive visa and immigration system for researchers, and will enable them to identity and prioritise interventions.
We are especially looking to reach people who considered moving to the UK to work in the UK’s research and innovation sector but ultimately didn’t due to the visa and immigration system. We’re interested in PIs and managers/supervisors who had tried hiring someone who either couldn’t get a visa or pulled out due to the visa and immigration system.