The development of an inclusive and collaborative programme to support, encourage and embrace Black diversity in industry

We outline an initiative between higher education/industrial partners to address head-on diversity and inclusion including ‘Black Lives Matter’. This tackles our commitment to developing specific initiatives to address the experience of Black students, including differential outcomes in awarding gaps/employment prospects. Our aim has been to provide a dedicated programme to encourage more Black students to embrace careers in the pharmaceutical industry. We have achieved this through tailored careers and employability guidance/opportunities using immersive employer experiences facilitated with industrial role models. We hope to provide sector insights into wider meaningful industrial engagement informed by the lived experiences of Black students/employers