Committee members

Role and responsibility 

Name of members 

Chair (EDI Principal or Associate Dean EDI) 

Dr Rebecca Higginson 

At least one person to lead on a project or set of actions that are aligned to each of the four objectives in the EDI Core plan i.e. Data, Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity (Inclusion and Belonging)  

Hannah Sutcliffe 

Sarah Hurst 

Lu Tian 

Up to 3 people representing prioritised issues that are specific to the school or cluster of professional services. This could relate to the inequitable experience of marginalised groups e.g. the impact of inequitable practices or on improving a sense of belonging and engagement. 

Kate Jones 

Ashley van Bruygom 

Eleanor Winch  

Communications to lead on the EDI communications strategy across the school 

YauYau Tse 

Tomasz Cendrowski 

Operations Manager (where one exists)  

Tom Carslake 

2 leads for Athena Swan submissions – if applicable 

Jingjing Jiang 

Yi Liu 

Up to 2 leads who contribute to other external validation at an institutional level e.g. REC actions, Mindful Employer, Stonewall, Disability Confidence and/or contribute to the development of a LU Intersectional Framework  

Sina Saremi-Yarahmadi 

Ahsan Islam