The Department Equality, Diversity and Departmental Culture (EDDC) committee is committed to fostering a positive working culture. The EDDC committee is responsible for the Department’s Athena Swan Bronze Award application and is implementing an action plan aimed at achieving this award.
The committee’s remit is:
- To oversee the implementation of the action plan submitted as part of the 2017 application for a Bronze Athena Swan Award.
- To prepare a successful renewal for a Bronze Athena Swan Award in 2023.
- To coordinate the bi-annual Athena Swan Departmental survey.
- To consider and raise awareness of college level and faculty level activities to promote equality and diversity.
- To promote awareness of good practice in supporting equality and diversity in the Department.
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering EDDC Committee Membership
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering EDDC Committee Membership
| Member | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Ensure effective running of Committee | Dr Aruna Sivakumar |
| Head of Department | Liaise with Dept. Management Committee | Professor Washington Ochieng |
| Departmental Operations Manager | Provide Dept. level oversight / perspective | Lindsey Anne Cumming |
| Dept. HR Liaison | Provide HR data and update on procedures | Lucy Chivers |
| EDDC Administrator | Provide administrative support and represent administrative staff perspective | Tim Gordon |
| Delegate from Dept. Research office | Consider data on research grants and income | Sarah Willis |
| Delegate from PhD Management Group | Liaise with PhD Management Group and manage relevant data | Sarah Willis |
| Delegate from MSc Management Group | Liaise with MSc Management Group and manage relevant data | Yamini Chikhlia |
| Delegate from UG Office/UG Teaching Committee | Liaise with UG teaching and support team and manage relevant data | Justine Spence |
| UG Admissions Tutor | Dr Christian Malaga-Chuquitaype | |
| TSC staff representative | Represent TSC staff perspective | Alexandra Williams |
| Technical staff representative | Represent technical staff perspective | Zuzanna Rydz |
| Facilities and technical staff manager | Input on physical environment / facilities issues | Brian Whiting |
| Departmental PhD representative | Represent PhD student perspective | |
| CivSoc Chair | Represent student perspective | |
| CivSoc wellbeing representative | Represent student perspective | |
| Departmental postdoc representative | Represent postdoc perspective | Laure Sioné |
| Departmental postdoc representative | Represent postdoc perspective | Abobakr Elwakeel |
| Departmental postdoc representative | Represent postdoc perspective | Stanyslav Grosman |
| Departmental postdoc champion | Inform on postdoc support and provide relevant data | Dr Christian Malaga-Chuquitaype |
| Academic Promotions Liaison | Inform on developments and provide relevant data | Professor Nick Buenfeld |
| Departmental communications lead | Inform on developments | Dr Wouter Buytaert |
| Departmental outreach coordinator | Inform on activities and provide relevant data | Dr Sunday Ola-Popo |
| Departmental careers coordinator | Inform on activities and provide relevant data | Dr Peter Stafford |
| Action plan oversight | Cross checking of implementation against original intent in Bronze Submission | |
| Bullying and Harassment Coordinator | Professor Sue Grimes | |
| Athena SWAN Coordinator/ Equalities Administrator (Office of the Provost) | Provide external perspective and inform on best practice elsewhere. | Rob Bell |