Governance
The EDI governance structure enables us to fulfil our strategic objectives and ensure we are well-managed and accountable to our stakeholders.
The Vice-President for Social Responsibility is the Executive Lead for EDI, reporting to the President and Vice-Chancellor.
The EDI Director, Banji Adewumi, with the support of the University’s EDI Committee, has lead responsibility for the development, implementation and monitoring of the EDI strategy.
EDI Committee
The purpose of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is to provide leadership, drive and strategic direction on EDI across all parts of the University.
The EDI Committee meets three times a year and is an opportunity for any equality and diversity issues to be discussed in a structured environment.
The group is chaired by the Vice President for Social Responsibility and is attended by a number of representatives from around the University.
Membership
- Professor Nalin Thakkar, Vice President for Social Responsibility (Chair)
- Professor Lynne Bianchi – Vice Dean for Social Responsibility & EDIA, FSE
- Professor Bridget Byrne – Director of Research, School of Social Sciences
- Professor Jackie Carter – Academic Lead for EDI (Disability)
- Professor Rachel Cowen – Academic Lead for EDI (Gender and Sexual Orientation)
- Professor Dawn Edge – Academic Lead for EDI (Race)
- Professor Colette Fagan – Vice President for Research
- Professor Gabrielle Finn – Associate Vice President for Teaching, Learning and Students
- Sarah Fox – Executive Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Professor Natalie Gardner - Vice Dean for Social Responsibility, FBMH
- Sinéad Hesp – as Chair of Professional Services and Cultural Institutes EDI Group
- Sarah Littlejohn – Head of Campus Life
- Paul Marks-Jones - Lead Equality Diversity and Inclusion Partner
- Eleanor Morrissey – Executive Director of People and Organisational Development
- Professor Dimitris Papadimitriou - Vice Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty of Humanities
- University Lead for Disability Equalities
- Students’ Union Officers
EDI Operational Management Group
The EDI Operational Management Group provides a platform to discuss the administration of practices aligned to the EDI Strategy across the University. The group is chaired by the Director of EDI, Sarah Fox, and meets bi-monthly
Membership
- Sarah Fox - Executive Director Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (Chair)
- Aisha Akram – EDI Lead in the Student’s Union
- Professor Lynne Bianchi Vice Dean for Social Responsibility and EDIA ,FSE
- Kathy Bradley - EDI Partner
- Professor Jackie Carter - University Academic Lead for EDI – Disability
- Professor Rachel Cowen - Academic Lead for EDI and Chair, University Athena SWAN Self-assessment team
- Laura Cragg – Charter Marks Coordinator
- Professor Dawn Edge - Academic Lead for EDI and Chair, University Race Equality Self-assessment team
- Professor Natalie Gardiner - Vice Dean for Social Responsibility & EDI, FBMH
- Sinéad Hesp - PS and Cultural Institutions EDI Committee Chair
- Tahira Majothi – EDI Partner
- Paul Marks-Jones – Lead EDI Partner
- Professor Dimitris Papadimitriou - Vice-Dean for Social Responsibility and Inclusion, Faculty of Humanities
- Louise Pepper-Kernot – Manager of DASS and UMAC
- Julian Skyrme – Director of Social Responsibility
EDI Forum
The EDI Forum was established in February 2020. A member of the EDI Committee chairs the Forum and will raise any issues at the EDI Committee meetings on behalf of the Forum.