- Remit
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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
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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
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Agendas
- 21 February 2022
- 24 August 2021
- 17 May 2021
- 15 December 2020
- 23 September 2020
- 1 July 2020
- 4 March 2020
- 13 December 2019
- 27 September 2019
Minutes
- Digest