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REC Champions Network

RACIAL EQUITY CHAMPIONS NETWORK

A Racial Equity Champions Network has been established at Queen’s to support the University in its work on REC, and racial inequality more broadly. The network is made up of staff from all of our Schools and Directorates who are passionate about advancing race equality, and have knowledge and expertise in this area.

At least one co-Champion from each area attends Network meetings enabling institution-wide connectivity and a collaborative approach. Our REC Champions:

  • act as advocates for the University’s Racial Equity programme, promoting and raising awareness of racial equity issues within Schools/Directorates.
  • act as a conduit between their local area and the Network by providing feedback and disseminating information on activities at local level and across the university.
  • meet regularly with local Senior Management Teams (or equivalent) to support and implement good practice in racial equity.
  • engage with education aligned with diversifying the curriculum, reviewing data on staff and student populations in Schools/Directorates, and feeding into institutional culture.
  • celebrate diversity locally and engage with staff and students on Racial Equity events and activities across the university.
  • contribute to work on the Advance HE Race Equality Charter (REC) application and development of action plan.
  • engage with relevant staff networks.
CURRENT RACIAL EQUITY CHAMPIONS NETWORK

Name

School/Department

Dr Daniel Roberts School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Caroline Sumpter School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Chirangano Mangwandi  School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 
Dr Paul Kavanagh  School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Dr Maurice Macartney Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility
Helena Maginness-Fitzpatrick  Alumni Engagement and Philanthropy Office 
Deirdre Lynskey Education and Student Services
Dr Son Thai Mai School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Arnab Kumar Biswas  School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Tanya Carey  Finance
Dr Ashok Malhotra
School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Eyad Abu-Khiran
iRise co-chair
Dr Gülseli Baysu
iRise co-chair
Dr Gift Sotonye-Frank
School of Law
Dr Poppy Boyd
The Language Centre, Information Services
Thomas Smith
The Language Centre, Information Services
Dr Salissou Moutari
School of Mathematics and Physics
Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid  School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Dr Ikhlas El Karim School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Dr Mairead Corrigan School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Prof Marios Soutsos
School of Natural and Built Environment
Dr Barry Quinn
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Conor Curran
People and Culture
Jenny Torley
People and Culture
Dr Carole Parsons
School of Pharmacy
Dr Dimitrios Lamprou School of Pharmacy
Dr Magdalena Rychlowska School of Psychology
Dr Mengyao Li School of Psychology
Lauren Gallagher Queen's Gender Initiative 
Professor Karen McCloskey Queen's Gender Initiative 
Dr Bibek Bhatta Queen's Business School
Dr Mani Narayanan Research and Enterprise
Dr Tom Gibson Research and Enterprise
Dr Sultan Turkan School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
Dr Margaret Cunningham Student and Campus Life
Suyi Yang Student's Union
Manasa Ramakrishna Student Representative
Race Equality Charter
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