Coffee Convos E9: EDI, pronouns, and the outdoors: a conversation with Sims

Introspectives

In this episode, Claire and Sims talk about Sims's experiences in higher education, the importance of allyship, the 'brokenness' of higher education, being the only one passionate about EDI issues, knowing what a pronoun is, self care, the outdoors, and more. Claire used to work with Sims at a university in Sheffield; this episode is heavy with the higher education context!

Sims is a Higher Education neophyte - having worked in the sector for under a year following 7 years in the military. They are also a co-founder of Peak Queer Adventures - a Sheffield-based community group dedicated to bringing queer folks together in order to take up space in the outdoors. Their dream is for queer people to feel safe, confident and represented everywhere, but especially in the outdoors community. You can follow Peak Queer Adventures on Instagram.

Pronouns matter.

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Artwork by Adrienne.