Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Board

Terms of Reference

  1. To act on behalf of EDI Governance Committee to promote EDI throughout the University. 
  2. To assure EDI Governance Committee and by extension Council and Senate of the good promotion and effective delivery of EDI objectives through reporting EDI work and activity. 
  3. To bring together EDI leads from Schools, Professional Services, staff networks, unions and LSU to provide support and development for EDI leaders
  4. To monitor, evaluate and report on local School and Professional Service Cluster EDI action plans ensuring strategic alignment and enabling good practice to be identified and shared.
  5. To review and co-ordinate the operational delivery of the charter marks and other forms of external validation frameworks.
  6. To identify opportunities, challenges and barriers to the promotion and delivery of the EDI agenda at Loughborough and manage associated risks. 
  7. To monitor, evaluate and report on working group action plans to take forward areas of EDI activity and objectives and consider recommendations from EDI working groups where appropriate.
  8. To provide a forum to discuss emerging local, national and international EDI issues and advise on actions that should be taken to respond.

For the first six months of operation (September 2025 to March 2026), EDI Board will trial splitting the three-hour meetings into three distinct sections with agreed attendance. Feedback from members will be considered throughout and formally evaluated after 6 months.

  1. Schools
  2. General
  3. Professional Services

A quorum will be considered as half the membership plus one for each of the three sections.

Terms of reference and membership last approved: 18 November 2024.
Revised terms of reference and membership approval requested: 25 September 2025.