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.
2022 - 2023
EDI awareness days
September 2022
Start of academic year 2022 - 2023
East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month
Mid-Autumn Festival (10)
World Suicide Prevention Day (10)
IMPACT graduation (21)
Bi Visbility Day (23)
Rosh Hashanah (25 – 27)
October 2022
Yom Kippur (4 – 5)
Dyslexia Awareness Week (3-9)
Dyspraxia Awareness Week (10-16)
Sukkot (9 – 16)
Ada Lovelace Day (11)
National Coming Out Day (11)
World Menopause Day (18)
International Pronouns Day (20)
Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas (24)
ACE Week (23 – 29)
November 2022
Disability History Month (16 November - 16 December)
Día de los Muertos (2)
National Stress Awareness Day (9)
Remembrance Day (11)
National Anti-Bullying Week (14 - 18)
LGBTQ+ STEM Day (18)
Transgender Day of Remembrance (20)
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25)
December 2022
World AIDS Day (1)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3)
Chanukah (Hanukkah) (18 – 26)
Christmas (25)
February 2023
Time to talk day (2)
International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11)
Lent (22 February - 6 April)
March 2023
Holi (6-7)
Neurodiversity Celebration Week (13 – 19)
Nowruz – Iranian/Persian New Year (20)
Ramadan (22 March - 21 April)
April 2023
World Autism Awareness Day (2)
Passover (5 - 13)
Maundy Thursday (6)
Good Friday (7)
Easter (9)
Vaisakhi (14)
Eid a-Fitr (21 - 22)
Stephen Lawrence Day (22)
May 2023
Mental Health Awareness Week
Black Inclusion Week (8 - 14)
National Day for Staff Networks (10)
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) (18)
Shavuot (25 – 27)
June 2023
Stonewall survey open June - November
Careers@Imperial Week
Eid al-Adha (28 June - 2 July)
July 2023
Disability Pride Month
Black Pride
International Non-Binary People's Day (14)
South Asian Heritage Month (18 July - 17 August)
August 2023
Summer break