Having impact through professional practice: How do we as EDI Professionals continue to develop our practice?

Meet our speakers

Laura Epton (she/her)

I’ve been passionate about Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at the University for several years and am driven by creating organisational cultures and leadership that truly value, recognize and enable individuals to succeed at every level. In my central role, I lead policy and strategic projects aimed at preventing bullying and harassment, drawing on my experience in departments working in partnership with senior leaders and team leads to advance EDI in teaching and research. Committed to continuous learning, I’m currently training to become a professional coach, accredited with the EMCC. 

At the conference, I’m excited about creating a collaborative, thinking environment for EDI leads to explore their professional development and growth as a community – using a strengths-based approach. 

Sarah Lewis

Sarah is an insightful change and organisational development practitioner, with a practical and empathic approach. Sarah has a BSc in Psychology and an MA in Organisation Studies from Warwick Business School. Sarah enjoys working with individuals, groups, teams and organisations to help to make progress on the things that matter to them.  She has over twenty years of experience working in central government, local government, higher education and the private sector.  

Sarah really enjoyed working in the People and Organisational Development team at the University of Oxford for two years. Sarah loves sport and is a coach for her daughter’s local football team. Sarah is deeply passionate about developing communities of practice and networks and is very much looking forward to working with the EDI Community of Practice at the training conference to recognise and celebrate all of the important and fantastic skills that EDI professionals bring to the University.