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The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group has drafted an EDI Strategy to guide our efforts to improve EDI within our Institute. This is available ...
"The most essential is the improvement of collective intelligence."
Acoustics in the UK faces a "skills shortage."
The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group has drafted an "EDI Strategy."
The EDI Strategy is to guide efforts to improve EDI within the Institute.
The EDI Strategy is "available for anyone to view."
Members are asked to read the draft Strategy and complete consultation questions.
The consultation questions can be found by clicking a link.
The EDI has created a public video.
There are many benefits of inclusivity and diversity, and perhaps the most essential is the improvement of collective intelligence. More immediately, acoustics in the UK, like UK engineering professions generally, faces a skills shortage, and encouraging people from all social and ethnic backgrounds into the profession increases the pool of available acousticians.
The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group has drafted an EDI Strategy to guide our efforts to improve EDI within our Institute. This is available for anyone to view.
But we don’t have all the answers, so we would like you, our members, to tell us your thoughts. If you're an IOA member, please spare a few minutes to read the draft Strategy and complete the consultation questions by clicking here.
The EDI has also created a public video which can be viewed below.
Attached Documents:
edi_2024-2026_strategy_25jan24_for_consultation
The Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure (DfI) have consulted on their round 4 Road Noise Action Plan covering 2023 – 28.
Government response to the Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry into Airport Expansion and Climate and nature targets noise recommendations
Considerations of noise and soundscape are embedded in the Natural Resources Wales State of Natural Resources Report 2025.
Outcome of Welsh Government consultation on changes to permitted development rights including air source heat pumps.
A report commissioned by the Department for Business and Industrial Strategy to look at assessment of noise from onshore wind farms is now published.
The Welsh Government are consulting on changes to permitted development rights including air source heat pumps(ASHP).
The Government are seeking views on proposals for changes to the planning process for national infrastructure projects.
As part of their ongoing enquiry into the impact of airport expansion on climate and nature targets, the Environmental Audit Committee will be taking oral evidence tomorrow - Wednesday May 14th.
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