The WIDE Committee
The WIDE committee is led by Dr Hilary Weller (she/her/they/them) and aims to:
- Champion diversity
- Identify and spread evidence based good practice and identify and improve on bad practice
- Publicise our activities
- Embed good practice in all of our policies and activities
- Monitor progress and examine data
- Lead our Athena Swan work
- Help to shape University policy
The committee welcomes participation from staff and students of all backgrounds and identities. Email smpcs-WIDE@reading.ac.uk to get involved.
We have these working groups:
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Working group |
Led by |
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Race Equity |
Ranjini Swaminathan |
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LGBTQ |
Vero Escobar-Ruiz (they/them) |
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Gender Equity |
Laura Baker |
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Mental Health & Well-being |
Claire Bulgin and Natalie Harvey |
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Disability & neurodiversity |
Brian Lo and Joy Singarayer |
The committee organises the events described on the WIDE website
You can contact the whole committee on WIDEcommittee@reading.ac.uk or just the working group members on WideWorkingGroups@reading.ac.uk
Last updated: 2026-09-22