The Equity, Diversity and Culture Committee aims to support the Department of Computing in achieving the following equality and diversity objectives:

  • No staff or student should be disadvantaged because of their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected characteristics (Equality Act 2010).
  • The Department should provide an inclusive environment for all staff and students.
  • The Department should strive for diversity of staff and students along all dimensions.

Got something to report?

Whether you'd like to report an issue, share positive feedback, or suggest a topic for discussion, staff, students, and visitors can contact the Department of Computing's Equity, Diversity and Culture Committee at any time via the anonymous online contact form or email doc-equality@imperial.ac.uk.

Committee Membership

The membership of the Equality, Diversity and Culture committee is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect the diversity across staff and students in the Department. We have a permanent membership (see current membership below) as well as an open and active visiting membership. Visiting members can include undergraduate students, postgraduate students, research staff, support staff, academics, visiting lecturers, representatives from Imperial staff/student societies or external groups, etc. 

We are always looking to welcome new members to our committee. If you are interested in becoming a permanent or visiting member of the EDCC please contact us

EDCC Remit and Membership

Committee Objectives and Remit
  • To actively engage students and staff with maintaining and developing a culture that supports a good work life balance that is supportive and respectful of all.
  • To propose actions that address equality and diversity issues faced by the Department and make sure that these are implemented. 
  • To act as a forum for the engagement of staff and students in issues related to equality and diversity and to disseminate relevant information when required.
  • To identify and prioritise areas where improvement is needed, through monitoring of relevant quantitative and qualitative data.
  • To identify and promote areas of good practice in support of EDI.
  • To review, advise on and facilitate changes to policies, procedures and working practices, with the aim of upholding the Department’s overarching equality and diversity aspirations.
  • To monitor and evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of policies, procedures and working practices set by the Department, the Faculty and the College, particularly regarding the Department’s overarching equality and diversity aspirations.
  • To advise on publicity, events, marketing and recruitment material within the Department.
  • To engage with other departments and institutions to share good practice.
  • To drive the implementation of the Athena SWAN action plan.
  • To report to the Faculty Equality, Diversity and Culture Committee and EDI Forum.
  • To identify potential equity, diversity and departmental culture issues and to report these to the Departmental Management Committee.
  • To develop and propose action plans, including outreach activities to balance the involvement of minorities in education and research in the department (including but not limited to: women, LGBTQIA+, cultural minorities, people of different religions, age, and disabilities).

Department of Computing EDCC Staff Representatives

Dr Ahmed Fetit

Dr Ahmed Fetit
Teaching Fellow representative

Dr Amani El-Kholy

Dr Amani El-Kholy
PhD recruitment representative

Britta Ross

Britta Ross
Manager (AI for Healthcare Centre), Professional services representative

Prof Francesca Toni

Prof Francesca Toni
Academic representative, Deputy Head of Department (EDI) and EDCC Co-chair

Grazia Troiano

Grazia Troiano
Student Wellbeing Adviser

Mr Ivan Procaccini

Mr Ivan Procaccini
Senior Learning Technologist, EdTech representative

Dr Jackie Bell

Dr Jackie Bell
Principal Teaching Fellow for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and EDCC Co-chair

Prof Julie McCann

Prof Julie McCann
Academic representative

Dr Lloyd Kamara

Dr Lloyd Kamara
CSG representative

Dr Maria Valera-Espina

Dr Maria Valera-Espina
Undergraduate Senior Tutor, Teaching Fellow representative

Mr Michael Ward

Mr Michael Ward
Health & Safety and Computing Support Officer

Dr Nicholas Wu

Dr Nicholas Wu
PGR Senior Tutor

Dr Ovidiu Serban

Dr Ovidiu Serban
Research Fellow (DSI) and RA representative

Dr Rob Craven

Dr Rob Craven
Director of Postgraduate Studies

Teresa Carbajo Garcia

Teresa Carbajo Garcia
Program Manager - VeTSS, Professional services representative

Dr Thomas Lancaster

Dr Thomas Lancaster
Departmental Disability Officer, PGT Senior Tutor

Zaki Amin

Zaki Amin
EdTech Software Engineer, EdTech representative

Department of Computing EDCC Student Representatives

Arushi Goel

Arushi Goel
UG Student representative (Women in Computing Society)

Emmanuel Akinrintoyo

Emmanuel Akinrintoyo
Postgraduate Research student representative

Shivangi Kumar

Shivangi Kumar
UG Student representative (Women in Computing Society)

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