Our commitment to racial equality
To help drive forward our efforts to improve racial equality at LSBU, we have signed up to Advance HE’s Race Equality Charter. The charter serves as a helpful framework as we work towards reviewing and improving existing structures, policies and practices to ensure racial equality for all our staff and students. As part of joining the Charter, LSBU has committed to five fundamental guiding principles which will underpin our efforts to improve our policies, practices and culture through structured action planning.
The University has assembled a self-assessment team (SAT) who will lead our efforts to address racial inequality by establishing institutional priority areas and developing an evidence-based action plan to underpin the agreed priorities and advance race equality.
The REC is sponsored by Alex Bush (Chief People Officer).
The formation of the SAT team was led by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team who are also key in the management of the REC process.
The SAT is chaired by Professor Calvin Moorley (Institute of Health and Social Care/Adult Nursing).
The SAT membership comprises of staff and students from across the institution, representing a wide range of experiences, skills, and knowledge that will be instrumental in driving systemic change for the University.
SAT Team
1 | Alex Bush | Chief People Officer (REC Sponsor) |
2 | Calvin Moorley | Professor for Adult Nursing (SAT Chair) |
3 | Sanchia Alasia | Acting Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion |
4 | Grace Egbewole-Adereti | Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Project Manager |
5 | Shaminder Takhar | Associate Professor in Sociology (Head of Equinet Staff Network) |
6 | Rachel Picton | Dean School of Allied and Community Health |
7 | Maxwell Smith | President of Student Union |
8 | David Lee | Head of HR Operations |
9 | Weluche Ajaefobi | PHD Engineering and built environment - Student |
10 | Ferdous Jannatul | Student Union – Vice President Welfare |
11 | Claire Melia-Tompkins | Senior Manager – Stakeholder Communications |
12 | Lesley Roberts | Deputy Director Centre for Research Informed Teaching |
13 | Jennifer Afram | Disability Adviser |
14 | Kishan Narayan | HR Business Partner – Lambeth College |
In addition to our SAT, Race Equality Charter working groups have also been formed to undertake research and an analysis of current staff and student trends and experiences and recommend change initiatives to be reviewed by the SAT.
Working Group Leads
1 | Samantha White | Organisational Development Manager |
2 | Lucy Brown | Head of division for film |
3 | Pamela Thomas | Learning Development Adviser |
4 | Emma Downes | Business Intelligence Analyst |
5 | Preethi Premkumar | Course Director for Psychology |
For more information regarding LSBU’s REC work, or to discuss ways to get involved, please reach out to our Equality, Diversity& Inclusion Team at edi@lsbu.ac.uk.
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