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Here are the nominees for UCL's Inclusion Awards 2026
Provost’s award for embedding equality, diversity & inclusion (staff only)
- Abbie Bray - Department of Physics and Astronomy/LCN
- Adam Cresswell - Evaluation and Reporting Team, RIGE
- Brent Carnell - Bartlett School of Architecture
- Dr Aine McAllister - Culture, Communication & Media
- Dr Laura Pallett - Institute of Infection, Immunity and Transplantation
- Dr Patrick Nyikavaranda - Psychiatry
- Dr Wilton Lodge - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (CPA)
- Genevieve Cheung - Organisational Development / AWPO
- Jane Doogan - Biochemical Engineering
- Jon Rosier - Psychology and Language Sciences
- Joseph Lam - GOS Institute of Child Health
- Lucy Waitt - LCCOS
- Priscila Carvalho - BSEER
- Associate Professor Gemma Moore - BSEER
- Sheena Wallington - Biological Services
Sarah Guise Award for Catalyst for Change (staff and students)
Staff
- Carney Battenti - Marketing, Communications and Experience - Estates
- Dean Veall - LCCOS
- Dr Dervis Salih – ION: Neurodegenerative Disease/DRI
- Dr Hannah Peckham - Ageing, Rheumatology and Regenerative Medicine
- Dr Laila Kadiwal - Education, Practice and Society
- Elisabeth (Liz) Herbert - Psychology and Human Development (PHD)
- Laila Kadiwal - EPS
- Maria (Masha) Sibiryakova - SSEES
- Mazal Oaknin - SELCS
- Mireia Mato Prado - Institute of Neurology
- Natasha Bradley - Psychiatry
- Professor Tim Levine, Brain Sciences
- The Urban Listening Room - UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
- Dana Sousa-Limbu
- Charlie Dark MBE
- David Chen
- Diamante Patterson
- Kara Blackmore
- Chinma Johnson-Nwosu
- Angela McArthur
- Carlos Bandi
- John Ogunyiluka
- Arella Ezeugoh
- Tandi Nyawanza
- Yossie Olaleye
Students
- Galila Khougali - BSEER
- Georgina Wilson-Cousins - BSEER
Sir Stephen Wall Award: Inspiring Role Model (staff and students)
Staff
- Dr Deborah Caswell - Respiratory Medicine
- Dr Sudeshna Basu - Chemical Engineering
- Dr Thomas Western - Geography
- Elaine Pimentel - Computer Science
- Elisabeth Herbert - PHD
- Henal Ganatra - Customer Operations
- Simon Liu - Centre for Languages & International Education
- Sushrut Jadhav - Division of Psychiatry
Students
- Clement Renton – SELCS
- Danilo Paganelli - Hebrew & Jewish Studies
- Rebecca Ogbonna - Department Planning Unit (DPU)
Inclusive Culture Award (UCL departments, divisions or teams only)
- GOS ICH EDI Committee - Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
- ILeadUp team: Jo Cammack and Rashmi Matthew - Institute of Ophthalmology
- Rahema Mohammad and neurogenetics team - Neuromuscular Diseases
- RIGE EDI Committee members and RIGE EDI Champions - Neuromuscular Diseases
- Adnan Ali
- Lucy Dang
- Jaini Shah
- Jennifer Cosentino
- Savannah Lahtinen
- Sinead Murphy
- Gillian Thompson
- Adam Cresswell
- Farhat Gilani Ahmed
- Lizy Blake
- Alex Teale
- Keisha Bruce - part of central EDI team
- Our RIGE Sponsor - Geraint Rees
- Senior/Women in Leadership Development (S/WILD) Alumni Network Co-chairs: Emiliana Di Donna and Susanne Stoddart and S/WILD Mentoring Scheme Committee: Sameera Tegally and Liz Mooney – HEDS
- Strategic Planning Team in OVPS:
- Clare Foyle (Director of Strategic Planning)
- Jessica Sims (Head of Strategic Planning Partnering)
- Rupa Lakhani (Strategic Planning Partner)
- Malika Barakat (Administrative Support Officer)
- Monique Lee (Strategic Planning Partner)
- Steve Williams (Strategic Planning Partner)
Community Impact Award (staff only)
- Astrea Committee (full list of members available on request) - Various
- Catherine Brown - IOE Learning & Leadership
- Dr Emily Blackburn - UK Dementia Research Institute / UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- Dr Sharon Cox - Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
- Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology:
- EDI Co-Chairs: Angela Meade/Melanie Ferrao
- EDI Core group: Nick Thomas, Nick Freemantle, Carole Booth, Shiva Taheri
- EDI Administrator: Anna Widdup
- Event leaders and contributors: Nav Kaur, Matteo Quartagno, David Fisher, Rumana Jalil-Rahman, Berta Terre-Torras, Kitty Chan, Louise Choo, Shiva Taheri, Babak Choodari-Oskooei, Peter Skoutari
- Elisabeth Herbert - PHD
- Hugo Spiers - Psychology and Language Sciences
- Johanna Novales - Engineering Faculty office
- Matthew Grech Sollars - Computer Science
- Prof Sudaxshina Murdan - School of Pharmacy
- Professor Simon Lock, Dr Emma Jones - Science and technology studies
- Safia Chaudhary - Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Sally Price, Uzma Sadiq - Human Resources
- Bartlett Promise Scholarship Team - Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment:
- Sarah Rolph
- Emmanuel Osuteye
- Sara Shafiei
- Iain Borden
- UCL Institute of Orthopaedics Library team - LCCOS
Intersectional Impact Award (staff only)
- Elisabeth Herbert - PHD
- Tabitha Owen - Biosciences
- Yanping Guo – Cancer Institute