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.
2020 - 2021
EDI awareness days
September 2020
Start of academic year 2020 - 2021
World Suicide Prevention Day (10)
BME Early Career Researchers Conference (14)
Bi Visbility Day (23)
October 2020
Dyslexia Awareness Week (5-11)
Dyspraxia Awareness Week (4-10)
Ada Lovelace Day (10)
National Coming Out Day (11)
International Pronouns Day (20)
ACE Week (22 – 28)
November 2020
Disability History Month (18 November - 20 December)
National Stress Awareness Day (4)
National Anti-Bullying Week (11 - 15)
Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas (14 - 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)
December 2020
World AIDS Day (1)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3)
Chanukah or Hanukkah (10 - 18)
Christmas (25)
January 2021
February 2021
Time to talk day (4)
International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11)
Lunar New Year (12 - 17)
March 2021
Women at Imperial Week (8 - 12)
Neurodiversity Celebration Week (15 – 21)
Nowruz – Iranian/Persian New Year (20)
Holi (28)
World Autism Awareness Week (29 March - 4 April)
April 2021
Maundy Thursday (1)
Good Friday (2)
Easter (4)
Ramadan (12 April – 11 May)
Vaisakhi (13)
Stephen Lawrence Day (22)
May 2021
Mental Health Awareness Week (10 - 16)
National Day for Staff Networks (12)
Eid al-Fitr (12 – 13)
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) (17)
July 2021
International Non-Binary People's Day (14)
South Asian Heritage Month (18 July - 17 August)
Eid al-Adha (19 – 23)
August 2021
Summer break