Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Date of establishment

September 2019

Chair and administrative support

Chair: Senior Vice-Principal
Clerk: Human Resources

Purpose

The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is responsible for the strategic direction of all Equality, Diversity and Inclusion activities supporting the Aberdeen 2040 strategy.

The Committee will champion equality, diversity and inclusion for staff and students and will promote an Inclusive culture.

Remit

To oversee and be accountable for the University’s Strategy on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for staff and students;
To progress the advancement of equality, diversity and inclusion across the University;
To review and develop appropriate policies and procedures related to diversity and inclusion;
To ensure that all of the legally protected characteristics (as well as mental health and widening participation) are considered;
To ensure that legal and regulatory requirements in relation to diversity and inclusion are met;
To oversee the University’s progress in the implementation of the Athena Swan Charter and other equality charter marks, for example the Race Equality Charter, where appropriate;
To act as the self-assessment team (SAT) for the institutional Athena Swan submissions and with SMT approve final submissions;
To engage with internal and external equality groups to ensure the views of all groups are recognised;
To support School EDICs in their work by providing regular updates and a summary of EDIC meeting business to School EDI Leads;
To oversee the work of groups established by the Committee as appropriate;
To develop and be mindful of an approach which recognises intersectionality.

Committee Governance

The Committee will report via SMT to the Policy and Resources Committee
The Committee will meet at least four times during the academic year
The Committee will have the discretion to create sub-groups if required

Composition and Membership

Membership	Composition
Karl Leydecker	Senior Vice-Principal (Chair)
Janine Chalmers	HR Manager (Specialist Services) (Clerk)
Ruth Taylor	Vice-Principal Education
Marion Campbell	Vice-Principal Research
Tracey Slaven	University Secretary and Chief Operating Officer
Debbie Dyker	Director of People
Jenny Fernandes	Director of External Relations
Eleonora Belfiore	Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity
Jennifer Phillips	Head of Communications
Abbe Brown	Dean of Student Support
Asha Venkatesh	School EDI Lead representative
Alisa Koester	AUSA Student President
Camilo Torres-Barragan	AUSA Vice President for Communities
Azhar Tarbhai	UG Student representative
Laura Ong	PGT Student representative
Ian Robotham Rebecca Rodger-Jones	Co-chairs* of the Staff and PG Student LGBT+ Network
David Hutchison Mark Paterson	Co-chairs* of the Staff Disability Network
Clemence O’Connor Nic Stokes	Co-chairs* of the Parents and Carers Network
Ritu Vij	Co-chair of the Race Equality Network
Marion Malcolm	Chair of the Women’s Development Network
Siladitya Bhattacharya	Head of the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Rhiannon Thompson Maria-Grazia Cascio	Senior EDI Partners
Laura Benvie Alysia Reid Ruth Slater Owen Cox	Campus Trades Union representation
Nick Edwards	Acting Deputy Director of People and Head of Student Support
TBC	Head of Human Resources
Marylee Anderson	Student Support Representative and Chaplain to the University
Karen Scaife	Student Engagement Manager
Ali Lumsden	Co-opted Member
Ceit Mackintosh	EDI Graduate Trainee (In attendance)

*Co-chairs of Staff Equality Networks will attend meetings of EDIC on a rotational basis

Agendas and minutes

Agendas

Minutes

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