Accessibility statement

Equality & Diversity Action Team (EDAT)

Our Equality and Diversity Action Team (EDAT) functions to scrutinise the policies, processes and data in the department to understand our current position and address any issues for the future and ensure our processes are fair for all students and members of staff. The EDAT also oversees the process for the submission of an Athena SWAN application and ensures delivery on the action plan. We seek to consult widely with our staff and students via meetings, newsletters, surveys and a suggestion box, and try to think about opportunities to make CHE a truly welcoming and supportive environment.

Having started out as an Athena SWAN self-assessment team, focussed on gender equality, the EDAT continues to work on broadening our remit to all protected characteristics and a wider set of equality issues.

Our main functions are:

  • To scrutinise policies, processes and data in the department to report on current position across all protected characteristics.
  • To generate an action plan to address any issues for the future to ensure processes are fair for all members of staff and to support inclusion and diversity.
  • To consult widely with staff and students via staff meetings, newsletter and reports to the CHE Senior Management Team. 

Our main activities are:

  • Meeting regularly to discuss and promote equality, diversity and inclusion in the department
  • Collating and analysing equality, diversity and inclusion data identifying key objectives and actions with the aim of improving equality
  • Planning and leading activities and initiatives that advance gender equality
  • Writing and submitting our Athena SWAN applications and developing and maintaining the Athena SWAN Action Plan, including ongoing review of progress

Membership

Our membership is chosen to include representation from both women and men, research students, early career, mid-career and senior members of staff, and Head of Department; administrative and research staff; staff on fixed-term and open contracts; with an interest in ethnic diversity, transgender and disability issues; and individuals who work full and part time. 

Current members of the EDAT are:

Laura Bojke (Chair)
Claire Rothery (Deputy Chair)
Mark Sculpher (Head of Department)
Anna Payne (Research Centre Coordinator and Manager)
Kath Devlin
Kay Fountain
James Gaughan
Maria Ana Matias
Sakshi Mohan
Jessica Ochalek
Paul Revill
Wei Song
Wiktoria Tafesse
Adrián Villasenor


Anonymous suggestion box for CHE staff and students to the EDAT: 

EDAT meetings 

The minutes of previous meetings are available to CHE staff only.

Activities

Athena Initiative Award

EDAT Corner - CHE Internal Newsletter (Available for CHE staff and students only)