Equality, diversity and inclusion calendar
At Imperial we mark and celebrate a number of equality, diversity and inclusion events throughout the year. This calendar gives you some general dates to bookmark for your own diaries.
If you are organising an event in College and would like to see it appear on this page or in our events feed, please email to let us know.
2021 - 2022
EDI awareness days
September 2021
Start of academic year 2021 - 2022
Rosh Hashanah (6 - 8)
BAME Early Careers Conference in STEMM & Business (10)
World Suicide Prevention Day (10)
Yom Kippur (15 - 16)
Bi Visbility Day (23)
October 2021
Dyslexia Awareness Week (4-10)
Dyspraxia Awareness Week (4-10)
Ada Lovelace Day (10)
National Coming Out Day (11)
International Pronouns Day (20)
ACE Week (24 – 30)
November 2021
Disability History Month (18 November - 18 December)
National Stress Awareness Day (4)
Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas (4)
National Anti-Bullying Week (15 - 19)
LGBTSTEM Day (18)
Transgender Day of Remembrance (20)
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25)
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (25 Nov – 10 Dec)
Chanukah or Hanukkah (28 Nov - 6 Dec)
January 2022
March 2022
Neurodiversity Celebration Week (14 – 20)
Holi (19)
Nowruz – Iranian/Persian New Year (20)
April 2022
World Autism Awareness Day (2)
Ramadan (2 Apr – 1 May)
Vaisakhi (14)
Maundy Thursday (14)
Good Friday (15)
Easter (17)
Stephen Lawrence Day (22)
May 2022
Mental Health Awareness Week
Eid al-Fitr (2 - 3)
National Day for Staff Networks (12)
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) (17)
July 2022
Eid al-Adha (9 - 13)
International Non-Binary People's Day (14)
South Asian Heritage Month (18 July - 17 August)
August 2022
Summer break