School of Law EDI Committee
Remit
In 2023/2024 the School of Law established its own Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee with its remit being to take forward and develop the School’s new EDI framework which is intended to replace and supplement the Athena SWAN framework.
The Committee’s work covers the nine protected characteristics currently provided for by the Equality Act 2010 (age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation) and also incorporates work on other grounds of inequality including contract status and socio-economic status. The framework is used to manage and advance equality, diversity and inclusion in staffing and student matters taking account of individual and group experiences across the teaching, research and administrative functions of the School.
The EDI Committee manages and advances the framework by, among other things, developing School strategy on EDI matters, setting priorities and ensuring that planning and working practices are aligned with College and University processes wherever possible, and leading and overseeing associated work in the areas of staffing and student experience. Specific initiatives can be taken forward by smaller working groups with membership based on lived experience and relevant expertise wherever possible.
Membership
The EDI Committee’s membership is comprised of academic and MPA colleagues. Current members are:
Catriona Cannon (Chair and Director of EDI), Mirjam Mueller (Deputy Director of EDI), Rebecca Williams (Disability academic lead), Susannah Paul (WP Officer), Maria Fletcher (Decolonisation co-lead), Rachel McPherson (Student carer coordinator), Zoe Graves – Disability Coordinator, Ruth O’Donnell, Meg McBain, Nicole Busby, Charlie Peevers, Stephen Bogle, Rebecca Sutton, Liv Naidoo, Martin Kelly, Felicity Belton, Eleni Methymaki, Miranda Geelheod, Kat Fradera, Siobahn McGurk