Terms of reference
Terms of Reference for EDI Committee
- To act on behalf of EDI Board to promote effective delivery of EDI activity via the development of a local EDI Action Plan that is aligned to the university’s EDI Core Plan.
- To co-ordinate the operational delivery of the school or professional service cluster EDI Action Plan, charter marks and other forms of external validation frameworks.
- To monitor and evaluate local EDI action plans ensuring strategic alignment and enabling good practice to be identified and shared via scheduled reports to EDI Board.
- To ensure local and institutional level EDI activities and objectives are informed by appropriate consultation with relevant stakeholders.
- To identify opportunities, challenges and barriers to the promotion and delivery of the EDI agenda at a local level and manage associated risks and or escalate to EDI Board, as appropriate.
- To establish working groups/ task and finish groups as required to take forward identified areas of EDI activity.
- To receive regular reports from EDI working groups/task and finish groups and consider recommendations from them where appropriate.
- To provide a forum to discuss emerging local, national and international EDI issues and advise on actions that should be taken to respond.
- To encourage a community of practice to support learning, knowledge transfer and consistent best practice.
The EDI Committee will meet Monthly
This will be reviewed on appointment of Associate Deans for EDI and Professional Service EDI Principals respectively.
Terms of reference and membership last approved: Jan 2026
Membership last updated: Feb 2026