Committee and Working Groups
Terms of Reference
The Committee aims to identify and spread best practice in support of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences. Read the full SBBS EDIC Terms of Reference [PDF 127KB].
Co-Leads:
Working groups:
| Working group (Shortcut used in the Action Plan) | Working Group Lead | Working Group Members | Other SBBS staff/students involved |
| 1. Governance, policies and data (Governance WG) | Christophe Eizaguirre | Richard Pickersgill | |
| 2. Academic staff recruitment, development and progression (Academic WG) |
All HoDs & HoS |
DTP Group Richard Pickersgill |
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| 3. Professional staff recruitment, development and progression (PS WG) | Ulriche Prempeh-Tawiah |
Staff Support Officer Sarah Heskett |
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| 4. UG student recruitment and career support (UG WG) | UG Focus Group (+ student volunteers) | ||
| 5. PG student recruitment and career development (PG WG) |
Emma Hayashibara |
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| 6. PDRA recruitment and career development (PDRA WG) |
Vicencio Oostra (from Spring 2025) |
Stephania L. Tsola (PDRA rep) Chema Martin (Interim) |
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| 7. SBBS culture (Culture WG) |
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| 8. Work-life balance |
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| 9. Technical staff development (Technical WG) |
Petra Ungerer (Interim) |
Sian Cooper (Maternity Leave from 25th April 2024) Petra to ask new member of technical staff to join in late summer. |
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| 10. Intersectionality WG |
PG and PDRA (TBC):
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Action Plans:
- Athena SWAN action plan 2017-2019 [PDF 228KB]
- SBBS Athena Swan Action Plan 2018-2022 [PDF 237KB]
- SBBS Athena Swan Action Plan 2020-2024 [PDF 183KB]
- SBBS Athena Swan Action Plan 2019-2025 [DOC 122KB]
Minutes from Athena SWAN self assessment team and EDI committee meetings:
2024 Minutes
- EDI Minutes August 2024 [DOC 899KB]
- EDI Minutes July 2024 [DOC 1,609KB]
- EDI Minutes February 2024 [DOC 542KB]
2023 Minutes
- EDI Minutes November 2023 [DOC 34KB]
- EDI Minutes June 2023 [DOC 38KB]
- EDI Minutes February 2023 [DOC 32KB]
2022 Minutes
- EDI Minutes October 2022 [DOC 22KB]
- EDI Minutes June 2022 [DOC 1,287KB]
- EDI Minutes March 2022 [PDF 56KB]
2021 Minutes
- EDI Minutes November 2021 [PDF 53KB]
- EDI Minutes April 2021 [PDF 140KB]
- EDI Minutes February 2021 [PDF 151KB]
2020 Minutes
- EDI Minutes December 2020 [DOC 840KB]
- EDI Minutes September 2020 [DOC 51KB]
- EDI Minutes June 2020 [DOC 50KB]
- EDI Minutes April 2020 [PDF 137KB]
- EDI Minutes January 2020 [PDF 77KB]
2019 Minutes
- EDI Minutes October 2019 [PDF 78KB]
- EDI Minutes June 2019 [PDF 106KB]
- EDI Minutes March 2019 [PDF 90KB]
- EDI Minutes February 2019 [PDF 83KB]
2018 Minutes
- EDIC Minutes November 2018 [PDF 76KB]
- EDIC Minutes October 2018 [PDF 70KB]
- EDIC Minutes June 2018 [PDF 89KB]
- EDIC Minutes March 2018 - This was not a formal meeting, EDIC reviewed the Athena SWAN application
- EDIC Minutes January 2018 [PDF 134KB]
2017 Minutes
- EDIC Minutes December 2017 [PDF 139KB]
- EDIC Minutes November 2017 [PDF 88KB]
- Athena SWAN SAT Minutes July 2017 [PDF 103KB]
- Athena SWAN SAT Minutes May 2017 [PDF 133KB]
2016 Minutes
2015 Minutes
2014 Minutes
2013 Minutes
2012 Minutes