EDI Committee Members
Committee members
- Dr Claudia Garetto (EDI Committee Chair and Athena SWAN Champion)
- Dr Vincenzo Nicosia (Deputy EDI Committee Chair)
- Prof Alex Clark (Head of School)
- Dr Shabnam Beheshti (Director of Education)
- Dr Juan Valiente-Kroon (Director of Research)
- Dr Alex Fink (Director of Postgraduate Studies)
- Dr Lubna Shaheen (Foundation Representative)
- Jo Young (School Manager)
- Kieran Hayde (Marketing and Communications Officer)
- Tara Fife (Postdoctoral Research Assistant)
- Marica Manucci (PhD Student)
- Zain Ahmed Kapadia (PhD Student)
- Midori Lucille Calmon (PhD Student)
- Katerina Zahradová (PhD Student)
- Megan Liddle (Executive Officer)
The committee meetings, agenda and meetings are open to all staff. Undergraduate representatives are also invited to attend.
Areas of responsibility
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Area of responsibility |
Lead |
Description of the area of responsibility |
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Governance and policies |
Clearly define EDIC roles and facilitate a smooth transition of EDIC roles; ensure actions are relevant and reviewed regularly; web presence. Ensure all staff benefit from the positive actions of EDIC; build an inclusive environment; celebrate success. |
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Data collection and analysis |
Improve staff and student data collection, including staff survey data. |
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Academic staff recruitment, development and progression |
Support the development and progression of academic staff; facilitate gender balance at all academic levels; facilitate improved and more proactive promotion procedures; improve research support for mid-career female academics; improve fair teaching evaluation of female academics. |
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Professional staff recruitment, development and progression |
Support the development of professional services staff, provide adequate training opportunities and opportunities to discuss career progression; recognise and reward excellent performance; improve communication and clarity about the bonus scheme; ensure there are adequate opportunities for all professional services staff to demonstrate excellent performance. |
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UG/PGT student recruitment and career support |
Attract, support and retain undergraduate students; increase proportion of our students on MSc programmes; support BAME students and reduce the BAME attainment gap. Attract, support and retain taught postgraduate students; increase the proportion of female postgraduate taught students. |
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PGR student recruitment and career development |
Attract, support and retain postgraduate students; increase the proportion of female postgraduate research students in biology and chemistry. |
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PDRA recruitment and career development |
Facilitate Postdoctoral Research Assistants' career progression. |
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Communication and marketing |
Improve communications of EDIC and raise awareness of staff initiatives; develop the EDIC web pages; ensure appropriate representation of all groups in our marketing and promotional material. |
Please feel free to contact any committee member with your questions or comments on equality and diversity within the School.