About the University
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Constituency and members
Constituency of members
| Ref | Constituency |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chair, PVC Enterprise, Partnerships and Engagement (ex officio) |
| 2 | Head of Equality and Diversity (ex officio) |
| 3 | Director of Human Resources (ex officio) |
| 4 | Academic Registrar or nominee (ex officio) |
| 5 | Head of Access and Outreach (ex officio) |
| 6 | Internal communications manager (ex officio) |
| 7 | Chair/Co-Chairs of the LGBTI+ Matters Staff Network (ex officio) |
| 8 | Chair of the Staff Race Equality Forum (ex officio) |
| 9 | Chair/Co-Chairs of INCLUDE (Disabled staff network) (ex officio) |
| 10 | YUSU Wellbeing and Community Officer (ex officio) |
| 11 | GSA Vice President, Wellbeing and Community (ex officio) |
| 12-15 | Four members nominated from the professional support staff |
| 16 | Academic member of staff who is also a member of Senate |
| 17 | Academic member of staff co-opted by the Chair of EDIC |
| 18-21 | Three members of the academic staff (one from each of the three faculties) |
| 22-23 | Trade Union representative (one from each Union) |
| 24 | EDI Exchange Project Director |
Membership 2023-2024
| Ref | Name | Department | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiran Trehan | PVC Enterprise, Partnerships and Engagement - Chair | N/A |
| 2 | Maria Ayaz & Anna Reader | Head of Equality and Diversity | N/A |
| 3 | Rachael Millhouse | Director of Human Resources |
N/A |
| 4 |
Tom Banham |
Academic Registrar |
N/A |
| 5 | Rebecca Clark | Head of Access and Outreach |
N/A |
| 6 | Deb Ward | Internal Communications Manager |
N/A |
| 7 | Derek Wann | Chair of the LGBTI+ Matters Staff Network |
N/A |
| 8 | Jan Hardman & Avtar Matharu |
Chair/Co-Chairs of the Staff Race Equality Forum | N/A |
| 9 | Alice Bennett & Jamie Wood | Chair/Co-Chairs of INCLUDE (Disabled staff network) | N/A |
| 10 | Hannah Nimmo | Community and Wellbeing Officer (YUSU) | 31 July 2024 |
| 11 | Aurora Zhang | Vice President for Wellbeing and Community (GSA) | 31 July 2024 |
| 12 | Adam Hewitt | Professional Support Staff | 30 September 2025 |
| 13 | Jan Ball-Smith | Professional Support Staff | 30 September 2026 |
| 14 | Simone Quinn | Professional Support Staff | 30 September 2025 |
| 15 | Vacant | Professional Support Staff | 30 September 2025 |
| 16 | Emilie Murphy | Academic - Member of Senate | 31 August 2025 |
| 17 | Karl Atkin | Academic - Co-opted member | 31 August 2025 |
| 18 | Richard Johns | Academic - Faculty of Arts and Humanities | 31 August 2025 |
| 19 | Samarthia Thankappan | Academic - Faculty of Sciences | 31 August 2025 |
| 20 | Vanita Sundaram | Academic - Faculty of Social Sciences | 31 August 2025 |
| 21 | Francess Daly | Trade Union Representative (Unison) | 30 September 2025 |
| 22 | Sally Floyd | Trade Union Representative (Unite) | 30 September 2025 |
| 23 |
Katie Smith & |
Trade Union Representative (UCU) | 30 September 2025 |
| 24 |
Michelle Hughes |
EDI Exchange Project Director | N/A |
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In attendance |
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1 |
Chris Brunt |
Equality and Diversity Officer - Secretary |
N/A |
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2 |
Vicki Bruce |
Member of Council |
N/A |
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3 |
Jonny Lovell |
Equality and Diversity Manager |
N/A |