College Inclusivity Group

The University of Exeter Business School’s College Inclusivity Group has a primary function to support the University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) agenda. The College Inclusivity Groups:

supported and informed by 5 theme leads who each represent one of the University’s 5 equality group protected characteristics: Disability, Faith & Worldview, Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation
is accountable and responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction on all matters relating to EDI and discrimination affecting both staff and students with the College
agrees priorities, makes decisions, commissions work and guides the prioritisation of existing budgets to enable success in EDI
works towards increasing the representation of our underrepresented and diverse communities particularly within senior academic and professional service roles and in decision-making structures

Our vision

At the University of Exeter Business School, we are committed to a truly embedded inclusive culture that runs through everything we do and represents the diverse community we are and continue to build. The objectives for the Business School are to:

enable students and staff to support diversity and challenge discrimination by promoting cultural change and more inclusive language
support colleagues by providing learning opportunities to better enable the creation of inclusive educational experiences for our students
enable the growth of our underrepresented and diverse communities and improving representation within senior academic and professional services role as well as in decision making structures.

Our membership

UEBS-CIG membership comprises Academics, Professional Services staff and Undergraduate (UG) & Postgraduate (PG) students within our community and is further supported by external University of Exeter stakeholders. The College is committed to ensuring that diverse representation of our community is maintained.

	Oliver Young Chief Diversity Office and CIG Chair		Rachel Griffiths CIG Deputy Chair, EDI Lead and Race Theme Lead
	Dr Weihan Ding Academic Lead Racial Equality & Inclusion UG		Dr Martha Omolo Academic Lead Racial Equality & Inclusion PG
	Nicky Thomas Education Strategy Rep		Professor Alison Truelove Success for All Link
	Stuart Thomson HR Business Partner		Maria Pearce Accreditation Link
	Molly Diver CIG Support		Becky Edmunds Marketing

	Cleofe Board Degree Apprenticeship Dept. Lead		Professor Ciara Eastell OBE Management Dept. Lead
	Professor Sonia Oreffice Economics Dept Lead		David Kolitz Accounting & Finance Dept. Lead
	Dr David Monciardini Sustainable Futures Dept. Lead		Dr Laura Phillips SITE Dept. Lead

	Professor Oliver Hauser Research Theme Lead		Dr Adrian Bailey Faith and World View Theme Lead
	Dr Emma Jeanes Gender Theme Lead		Claire Lavers Disability Theme Lead
	Alexa Webster Sexual Orientation Theme Lead