Following the workshop hosted by UvA in Amsterdam last summer, (where UvA Rector Magnificus Karen Maex and UoB Provost Professor Tim Jones signed the partnership agreement between our two universities), the plan is to develop an overarching research institute which will enable the bringing together of research and practice on EDI. This would potentially include joint research projects, workshops on key inclusion subjects, staff exchanges, joint PhDs and an annual EDI conference alternating between Birmingham and Amsterdam. A few UvA and UoB colleagues have already been working together on exciting research projects and there are plans under way to share best practice between HR teams.