We publish openly available diversity reports spanning all our activities, and have done so since 2014. We are serious about learning both from our successes and our failures, and believe that transparency is key for sector-wide improvement.
The most recent 2020-24 diversity report is the Academy's seventh annual report of diversity data, and the fifth published externally. It spans the entire remit of our work, from grants and staffing to Fellowship and events. For previous reports, data has been collated, analysed and reported on by Academy staff, but since 2019-20 the data has been analysed and the report written by external consultants from Select Statistics and Inclusive Recruiting. See a summary below, download the full 2020-24 report and explore previous years' reports in our Downloads section.
Based on their findings the authors make eight key recommendations to be taken forward to progress the equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) journey and impact for the Academy.
- Continue to embed the overarching Academy EDI Strategy 2023–2026, which sets out four goals for 2023–2026. The data in this report supports the goals as key areas of focus.
- Diversifying the Fellowship should be a priority focus. A focus on engaging and learning with this group is necessary to ensure they establish a clear EDI ambition for the Academy.
- Effort should continue to address areas of missingness (in the diversity data) and ensuring consistency year on year, to support data interpretation.
- Shift from data capture to action. As the Academy builds robust data sets, accountability should be clearly established, ensuring a shift from capturing data to acting on it.
- Specifically, there should be a focus on using data to improve disparities within the Academy for representation from Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic groups.
- Clear milestone measures and data being more readily visible and available, for example through a diversity data dashboard, will support staff and Fellows across the Academy to monitor progress and build accountability.
- Continue to introduce changes to the assessment methods across the Academy, including Fellowship election, governance and grants.
- The EDI resource needs to be increased and should be built focused on what the future-state EDI resource will need for both internal and external impacts for the Academy.
Annual diversity report 2016-17
