As many of you may be aware, you can now review and update your equality monitoring information using Inside UCL, the staff app. Equality monitoring information includes data on protected characteristics such as disability status, sexual orientation, ethnic identity and other characteristics.

The Faculty of Brain Sciences is committed to providing equal and equitable opportunities for staff. Monitoring data is necessary to make our equality vision a reality and ensure that all colleagues have the same access to training, promotion, and other opportunities.

Equality monitoring helps us:

· Better understand the faculty profile and help us take targeted action to support and respond to staff needs

· Promote awareness of the diversity of faculty

· Investigate trends or patterns of potential disadvantage or discrimination

· Inform decision-making and make relevant improvements

Equality monitoring also helps UCL comply with the Equality Act 2010 in being responsible for protecting members of staff from discrimination and harassment at work.

Below are the ‘unknown’ disclosure rates across 5 characteristics in each institute/division:

Ethnicity Gender identity Disability Religion Sexual orientation

We’d like to encourage all of you to log into the app and check and update your information (you can find this under the ‘My details’ tile) – the process only takes a few minutes and contributes towards creating positive change. You can select ‘prefer not to say’ if you wish.

It is also important to note that your identity characteristics can change over your time at UCL, so please do ensure your information is up to date over time. If you’d like to know more about how this data is used by UCL, the explanatory article on Staff News and the FAQs on the EDI website have more information.

The Faculty has recently appointed Avili Feese (IoO Athena SWAN Project Manager) to the role of EDI Manager, taking over from Ciara Wright, who is shortly leaving UCL.

Avili has worked within EDI in the Faculty since 2019, and has championed a number of EDI initiatives including career support for Professional Services and Technical Staff, and most notably as the driving force behind IoO’s recent Silver Athena SWAN Award.

The Faculty EDI Team looks forward to continuing to address inequalities and create an inclusive culture with Avili’s leadership and support in the coming academic year.