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1. About the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Team

2. Team Members

3. Faculty & Department Liaisons

4. Useful Contacts For Staff

5. Useful Contacts For Students

About the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Team

The Office of the President and Provost (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) works to advance equality, diversity and inclusion at UCL. The team draws from diverse expertise to provide informed advice and engagement that support faculties and departments to develop EDI initiatives and good practice at UCL. The structure and purpose of the team are to embed equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives into core business and to mainstream the values on which UCL was founded. The EDI team works with and supports a number of steering groups and networks. These play an important function in:

Representing the views of under-represented or marginalised staff
Helping develop practical solutions to address equality issues
Providing opportunities for networking and peer support among group members.

As a strategy team within Provost's Office, the EDI team can offer advice but do not undertake casework on behalf of individuals. The EDI team is often asked to make comment and provide advice on pressing equality issues, including on high-profile public debates or sensitive issues in the media. Any comments provided are aligned with the purpose and expertise of the team, and may not always represent the views of the President and Provost.

Team Members

Addeel Khan

Director of Equality, Inclusion & Culture
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In my role as Director of Equality, Inclusion and Culture, I lead the central EDI team and work across UCL with Faculties, Vice-Provost areas, and staff and student teams to drive the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of UCL’s institutional EDI priorities, aligned to the EDI Strategic Plan 2025–2030.

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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager (UCL East / Disability Equity lead)
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Lacara Barnes-Rowe

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Training Manager
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I am the Training Manager for the central EDI Team. My remit focusses on creating and delivering training across staff and student groups on issues such as bullying, harassment, sexual misconduct and race. I deliver sessions in-person, online and have developed modules for self-led learning.

Colleagues are welcome to book training using our current portfolio or, where possible, I can create bespoke content, depending on capacity.

Sonal Bharadva

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Operations Manager
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I'm the EDI Operations Manager and part of the EDI Leadership team. I am responsible for the management and development of operational services within the team. I am the lead on communications and events; I'm responsible for managing EDI budgets and I provide advisory support and more specifically support around reasonable adjustments for both staff and line managers.

Elaine Bromberg

Head of EDI (Behaviour & Culture Change)
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My role as Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Behaviour and Culture Change is focused on fostering an inclusive and psychologically safe environment that is welcoming and celebrates the diversity of our students and staff. Key to this is building an infrastructure for challenging bullying, harassment, discrimination and other harmful behaviours, including providing training to support the creation of a fair and respectful environment.

Keisha Bruce

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer
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I’m an EDI Officer working in the remit of Behaviour and Culture Change. My role includes supporting on training delivery, events organisation and the Religion and Belief remit. I also help co-ordinate reasonable adjustments and workplace needs assessments.

Harriet Chater

EDI Officer
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Debbie Epstein

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager
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I am the EDI Manager (Religion and Belief), based in the Behaviour and Culture Change Team. My role focuses on developing a Religion and Belief action plan for the University, covering staff and students. The action plan will aim to foster a respectful environment for all students and staff, where religion, belief, and non-belief are understood, valued, and protected.

I am also the EDI liaison for the Institute of Education and Faculty of Laws.

Jonathan Gascoigne

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager
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I am an EDI Manager (Behaviour and Culture) focusing on preventing and addressing harmful behaviours, including overseeing Report + Support.

My role includes involvement in the: Disability Equality Implementation Group (Culture Sub-Group); Gender Equality Steering Group; Menopause Working Group; Parents and Carers Together; and Religion and Belief Equality Working Group.

I am faculty liaison for: Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences.

Tom Glynn

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager
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I am an EDI Manager (Programmes & Charters) supporting the monitoring and implementation of actions across our Charter applications and institutional action plans. I oversee the following programmatic themes: Student Recruitment & Induction, Student Outcomes, Curriculum & Education, and student-focused Welfare & Wellbeing.

I also support the LGBTQ+ Equality Steering Group (LESG) and the student subgroup of the Disability Equality Steering Group (DESG).

I am the Faculty Liaison for Medical Sciences, Brain Sciences, Life Sciences, and Population Health Sciences.

Saira Hassan

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager
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I am an EDI Manager in the Programmes and Charters team, where I oversee projects focused on Inclusive Recruitment and Positive Action. My portfolio includes B‑MEntor, our long‑running cross‑institutional mentoring scheme for Professional Services and Academic staff from Black, Asian, Mixed and Minority Ethnic backgrounds; Fair Recruitment Specialists, an initiative that ensures inclusive recruitment panels and practices across the institution; and Accelerate to Leadership, which offers Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Professional Services staff placements at Grades 8–10 to support their progression into leadership roles. My team and I are also developing two new positive action programmes aimed at addressing different forms of underrepresentation across the academic sector.

Samia Khatoon

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Administrator & Diary Manager
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As the EDI administrato, I support the team with any diary requests, support with managing the diary of the director and help with event-related requests. In addition, I provide committee support to GESG, RESG and EMAG.

Linda Lam

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer
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I’m an EDI Officer working within the Programmes and Charters remit. I work on the B-MEntor Academic and Professional Services cross-institutional mentoring programme, as well as the B-MEntor pilot for Postgraduate Research Students. My role also includes supporting the 50 Black Academics project led by Saira. I am one of the EDI liaisons for the PS/VP areas and am a Co-Lead for UCL’s EDI Community of Practice.

Stuart Mackie

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Administrator
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Team administrator. Responsibilities include administration of the Fair Recruitment Specialist initiative, and EDI Training Workshops: ‘Taking The Lead’ and ‘Where do you draw the line?’

Beckie Neumann

Reasonable Adjustments Advisor
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I am the Reasonable Adjustments Advisor within EDI's Behaviour and Culture Change team, providing guidance and support to staff and managers through the reasonable adjustments process at UCL. I advise on reasonable adjustments and Access to Work, deliver Reasonable Adjustments training for line managers and disability briefing sessions, and work closely with teams and networks across UCL and beyond to improve accessibility and inclusion for Disabled and Neurodivergent staff.

I also contribute to wider EDI initiatives, including supporting the Fair Recruitment Specialists programme, and act as the EDI Liaison for the Vice-President (Advancement and External Engagement) teams.

My pronouns are she/her, they/them.

Kae Ohene-Yeboah

Head of EDI (Programmes & Charters)
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Anthony Orkin

Antisemitism Programme Manager
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The remit of the role is to deliver a programme of activity to improve the understanding and awareness of antisemitism and Jewish life at UCL, ensuring that antisemitism is taken as seriously as any form of racism and prejudice.This is the first and only dedicated antisemitism role at a UK university.

Olena Orlova

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Research Assistant
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Marta Riccardi

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Data Analyst
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I am the EDI Data Analyst in the central EDI team. In my role, I am responsible for data provisions for the EDI team, fulfilling requests from departments and faculties. I am the point of contact for Athena Swan data, and equality charters data provisions.