The Bartlett EDI Group, consisting of staff from across the Faculty, was formed to tackle key staff and student EDI issues, and to take forward the Faculty’s EDI action plan.
![A diverse group of students at The Bartlett A diverse group of students at The Bartlett](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sites/bartlett/files/styles/large_image/public/edi_page_800x500.jpg?itok=R7gNFTFR)
Chaired by Sara Shafiei, Vice-Dean (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion), the group works on issues both independently and in small cross-faculty groups, and meets termly to review progress and address these key goals:
- Build inclusive curricula to improve the experience, skills and attainment of all students
This means:
- Our educational offering enables students from minority groups especially to participate fully
- Eliminate any attainment gap by gender, race and/or ethnicity
- All teaching staff are aware of and plan for an inclusive curriculum
- Diversify our student body
This means:
- Ensure our undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research students reflect the diverse communities they go on to serve
- Support our Access and Widening Participation initiatives to increase the number of under-represented groups at The Bartlett, particularly Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students
- Find ways to improve what we can offer under-represented student groups
- Diversify our staff body and improve the representation of minority groups at senior levels
This means:
- Provide focused encouragement and support for career development and academic promotions, particularly for groups under-represented at senior levels
- Up-skill ourselves to manage and mitigate any bias in our recruitment
- Create a working culture that values difference and enables all staff to reach their full potential
- Capture and share progress and lessons learnt
This means:
- A commitment to continual learning through critical reflection and assessment
- Adjust our path to progress in light of new knowledge