University of St Andrews

The committee responsibilities are to: 

• Progress the University’s strategic priorities and actions related to Diverse St Andrews and the People Strategy. 

• Lead and coordinate EDI initiatives and actions within the University that support and enhance a fair and inclusive work/study environment. 

• Support institutional applications for external charter mark awards (e.g., Advance HE’s Athena Swan and Race Equality Charter Mark, Carer Positive Employer award, LGBT Charter, BitC Race at Work Charter). 

• Ensure that actions related to the University’s statutory Equality Outcomes Action Plan, Mainstreaming Report and external charter mark action plans are achieved. 

• Ensure that actions taken are aligned to the University’s Diverse St Andrews strategy and People Strategy action plan 

• Contribute to the development of equality, diversity and inclusion training programmes for staff and students. 

• Provide regular updates to the Vice-Principal Governance on equality, diversity and inclusion activities and initiatives within the University. 

• Communicate progress on equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives to the University community, and signpost staff and students to relevant policy and practice developments. 

• Assistant Vice-Principal (Diversity) (Chair) – post under review
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Faculty Lead (Arts & Divinity); EDI Faculty Lead (Sciences & Medicine) (interim co-Chairs)
• Central equality, diversity and inclusion team – Head of Equality & Diversity; Head of Wellbeing and Mediation; Equality and Diversity Awards Advisors; Project Manager in Equalities; EDI Assistant
• Unit/Professional Service staff representatives – EDI Unit Reps Network co-chairs
• Equality award leads: Athena Swan (AS) Lead; Race, Ethnicity, Religion and Belief Group (RERBG)/Race Equality Charter (REC) Lead
• Student representatives – Students’ Association (SA) Director of Wellbeing; two additional student representatives from the SA’s Equal Opportunity Committee
• Student services representatives – Director of Student Services; Assistant Director of Student Services (Accessibility and Inclusion)
• Education and Student Experience and Principal’s Office representatives – Director of Student Experience; Director of Centre for Educational Enhancement and Development (CEED) (or nominated representative); Director of Organisational and Staff Development Services (OSDS) (or nominated representative); Community Engagement and Social Responsibility Officer
• Human resources and planning representatives – Director of Human Resources (HR); Deputy Director of HR; Planning Officer

Chair: 

• Provides overall direction and leadership for the group’s activities and remit 
• Engages and gains senior management approval (Principal, VP’s, Court) for relevant activity 

• Chairs CEDI meetings  

Members of the EDI team have the following responsibilities: 

• Report on and oversight for EDI commitments, e.g., School Athena Swan applications  
• Report and feedback regarding ongoing initiatives 

Members representing Schools/Units have the following responsibilities: 

• Representing the views of Schools/Units, EDI Directors and Professional Services staff 
• Receiving and disseminating feedback and best practice to and from Schools/Units 

Members representing students or student-related services have the following responsibilities: 

• Representing the views of students across the institution 
• Providing high level information and guidance about initiatives for students 

Central representatives have the following responsibilities: 

• Providing robust data to form the evidence base for EDI initiatives 
• Ensuring that the proposed EDI initiatives are legally compliant and in keeping with current University guidance and policies 
• Ensuring that there is congruency with other strategic forums, e.g., Education, Strategy Management Group (ESMG) and the Academic Management Group (AMG) 

Sub-committee representatives have the following responsibilities: 

• Representing the views of affiliated groups, e.g., Race, Ethnicity, Religion and Belief Group