Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Date of establishment

September 2019

Chair and administrative support

Chair: Vice-Principal Education
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 consider, recognise, and take action to address the needs and challenges of staff and students who identify with legally protected characteristic groups and wider identities associated with equality, diversity and inclusion work;
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 to SMT
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
Ruth Taylor	Vice-Principal Education (Chair)
Janine Chalmers	Head of Organisational Development
Marion Campbell	Vice-Principal Research
Tracey Slaven	University Secretary and Chief Operating Officer
Debbie Dyker/Nick Edwards	Directorate of People*
Jenny Fernandes/Jennifer Phillips	Directorate of External Relations*
Eleonora Belfiore	Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity
TBC	Dean of Student Support
Vanessa Mabonso Nzolo	AUSA Student President
Camilo Torres-Barragan	AUSA Vice President for Communities
Mereth Bohl	AUSA Forum representative
Ian Robotham Rebecca Rodger-Jones	Co-chairs** of the Staff and PG Student LGBT+ Network
TBC 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
Asha Venkatesh	School EDI Lead representative
Maria-Grazia Cascio TBC	Senior EDI Partners
Abeer Eladany Alysia Reid Ruth Slater	Campus Trades Union representation
Zaheer Ally	Head of Human Resources
Marylee Anderson	Student Support Representative and Chaplain to the University
Karen Scaife	Student Engagement Manager
TBC	Estates and Facilities Representative
Ceit Mackintosh	EDI Graduate Trainee (In attendance)

*One representative will attend each meeting

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

Agendas and minutes

Agendas

Minutes

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