Terms of reference

This committee will be the link to the equivalent committee at College level and this structure, the route to promulgate and action College initiatives on equality, diversity, inclusion and culture (EDIC) within the Faculty.

Specifically, the committee’s remit will be:

• To actively engage students and staff with maintaining and developing a culture that supports a good work life balance, our College values and is supportive and respectful of all.
• To act as a conduit for disseminating information and gathering feedback.
• To identify potential barriers to access to opportunity and equality, diversity, inclusion and departmental culture issues.
• To develop proposed actions that address EDIC issues faced by the Faculty.
• To provide support and guidance to departmental Athena SWAN self-assessment teams.
• To oversee delivery of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Culture related action plans across the Faculty

Membership

Professor Nigel Brandon, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (Chair)
Rob Bell, Athena SWAN Coordinator/Equalities Administrator
Alex Dawes, Race Equality Charter Coordinator
Liz Elvidge, Head of Postdoc and Fellows Development
Ireti Webb, Strategic HR Partner (FoE)

Department of Aeronautics:
Professor Rob Hewson
Dr Qianqian Li

Department of Bioengineering:
Professor Claudia Clopath

Department of Chemical Engineering:
Professor Joao Cabral
Darakshan Khan

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering:
Professor Catherine O’Sullivan

Department of Computing:
Dr Jackie Bell
Professor Alesandra Russo

Dyson School of Design Engineering:
Dr David Boyle
Dr Natalia Goehring

Department of Earth Science and Engineering:
Dr Katharina Kreissig

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering:
Professor Jeremy Pitt
Kate Highnam

Department of Materials:
Dr Iain Dunlop

Department of Mechanical Engineering:
Professor Jonathan Jeffers
Sophia Quazi

Student Representatives:
Deputy President (Welfare)
Wellbeing Chair (City and Guilds Union)
Royal School of Mines Union Vice-President (Welfare)

Associate Provosts (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion):
Professor Lesley Cohen
Professor Wayne Mitchell

Clare Pearson (Secretary)