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. 

Members are appointed for a term of up to three years, with terms staggered where possible to provide continuity of membership and institutional knowledge. Members are expected to contribute to the work of the Committee through participation in one or more EDCC subcommittees, working groups, or task-and-finish groups. Membership of subcommittees is reviewed annually and may be renewed throughout an individual's EDCC membership term.

The EDCC welcomes expressions of interest from staff and students wishing to join the Committee as either members or contributors to specific activities and initiatives.

Contact: doc-equality@imperial.ac.uk

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 Fabrizio Russo

Dr Fabrizio Russo
Postdoc and RA representative

Grazia Troiano

Grazia Troiano
Student Wellbeing Adviser

Dr Jackie Bell

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

Dr Jiankang Deng

Dr Jiankang Deng
Assistant Professor

Mr Michael Ward

Mr Michael Ward
Health & Safety and Computing Support Officer

Ruth Ntumba

Ruth Ntumba
Communications Officer

Teresa Carbajo Garcia

Teresa Carbajo Garcia
Program Manager - VeTSS, Professional services representative

Wenjia Bai

Wenjia Bai
Associate Professor

Dr Yathreb Bouazizi

Dr Yathreb Bouazizi
Postdoc and RA representative

Department of Computing EDCC Student Representatives

Adam Kassam

Adam Kassam
UG Student representative (DoCSoc)

Darren Ng

Darren Ng
UG Student representative (DoCSoc)

Emmanuel Akinrintoyo

Emmanuel Akinrintoyo
Postgraduate Research student representative

Hridita Soni

Hridita Soni
UG Student representative (Women in Computing Society)

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