Joint Committee for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Joint Committee for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is a committee that reports to the University’s Council and to the Conference of Colleges. It acts to promote and advance equality, diversity and inclusion across the collegiate University, and drive the implementation of our EDI Strategy and related action plans.  

 Membership at Michaelmas Term 2023 will be:

Name

Conditions of Appointment

Prof Tim Soutphommasane 

Chief Diversity Officer (co-chair) 

Helen Mountfield KC 

Principal of Mansfield College (co-chair) 

Dr Saira Shaikh 

Academic Registrar 

Prof Benjamin Bollig

The Assessor 

Dr Markos Koumatidis 

Director of Human Resources 

Prof Matt Jarvis 

Divisional EDI leads (academic)  

Prof Simon Park 

Divisional EDI leads (academic)  

Prof Karla Miller 

Divisional EDI leads (academic)  

Prof Nandini Gooptu 

Divisional EDI leads (academic)  

Vernal Scott

Head of the Equality and Diversity Unit 

Prof Rebekah Lee 

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

Dr Aprajita Verma 

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

Dr Catherine Walter 

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

Sarah Laseke 

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

Freyja Madsen 

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

David Isaac CBE 

Member of Conference of Colleges 

Prof Dame Sue Black 

Member of Conference of Colleges 

Dr Andrew Bell 

Member of Conference of Colleges 

Dr Alison Stenton 

Member of Conference of Colleges 

Prof Laura Van Broekhoven  

Representative of GLAM 

Dr Lisa Forsberg 

Rep from Research Staff Consultation Group 

Danial Hussain  

Representative of Oxford Student Union 

Kennedy Aliu  

Representative of Oxford Student Union 

Daisy Hung 

Divisional EDI leads (professional) 

Dr Machilu Van Bever Donker 

Divisional EDI leads (professional) 

Katherine Corr 

Divisional EDI leads (professional) 

Catherine Goodwin 

Divisional EDI leads (professional) 

Co-opted members(s) The committee may co-opt up to three additional members, who may be external to the University.

 

Secretaries: Dr Katherine Allen and Dr Joanna Kemp

Below are the meeting dates for Joint Committee during the 2023-2024 academic year. The standard duration of Joint Committee meetings is 90 minutes. 

Michaelmas Term 2023

Week Date of Meeting

Thursday, 19 October 10:30-12:30 

Thursday, 30 November 14.00-15.30 

 

Hilary Term 2024

Week Date of Meeting

Thursday, 1 February, 10:30-12:00 

Thursday, 7 March 14.00-15.30 

 

Trinity Term 2024

Week Date of Meeting

Thursday, 9 May, 10:30-12:00 

Thursday, 13 June 14.00-15.30