Swansea University - Equal Opportunities Committee Minutes

Equal Opportunities Committee Minutes

Please see below minutes from the University's Equal Opportunities Committee.

Please contact a member of the Equal Opportunities Team if you have any queries regarding the above minutes.

Name of Committee	EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE
Purpose:	To monitor and consider ways of extending equal opportunities in the University of Wales Swansea in relation to employment and student issues.
Reporting to:	Management Board
Terms of Reference:	• To make recommendations via the Management Board to the Human Resources Policy Committee (or other relevant committees) regarding the formulation, evaluation and refinement of the University’s Equal Opportunities Policies. • To advise the Management Board on the fulfillment of the University’s statutory obligations. • To prepare and maintain an institutional Equal Opportunities action plan to ensure that the equal opportunities policies are translated into programmes of action. • To advise Schools and Departments in the implementation of University Equal Opportunities Policies. • To establish working groups to investigate and report on the equal opportunities dimension of any aspect of the University’s policies and procedures where appropriate. (E.g. Race Equality Working Group) • To receive and consider reports from the Director of Human Resources, the Equal Opportunities Officer and other relevant Officers, as well as annual reports on equal opportunities monitoring statistics.
Sub-Committees / Groups:	Race Equality Working Group Disability Equality Working Group Gender Equality Working Group

Membership:

Chair	Ms Jane Elliott

Trades Union representatives
AEEU	Mr Bernard Watkins
UCU	Dr. Suranjit Saha
MSF	Mr Tony Aldridge
TGWU	Mr Roy M Badham
UNISON	Mr Neil Gaskin

Faculty Representatives	(The Dean, an Associate Dean or senior Member)
Arts and Humanities	Dr T Fitzpatrick
Business, Economics and Law	Professor Alan E H Speight
Health and Human Sciences	Mrs N Pearson
Engineering and Science	Dr Andrew McCowen
Two representatives appointed by the Lecturers' Association	Vacancy Dr Keith H Halfacree
One representative of the non-academic staff	Vacancy
Director of Human Resources	David Williams
Staff Development Officer	Mr Andrew Morgan
Students' Union Womens Officer	Ms Leoni Munslow
Three members of the Equal Opportunities Advisor Network	Ms Sarah Huws-Davies Ms Helen Brocklehurst Ms Melanie Jones
A representative from the Disability Equality Working Group	Mr Andrew Hubbard
A representative from the Race Equality Working Group	Dr. Suranjit Saha

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