Human Factors Research Group

Professor Sarah Sharples – New Pro Vice chancellor for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Vice-Chancellor Professor Shearer West has confirmed that Professor Sarah Sharples will become the University’s first Pro Vice-Chancellor for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion — taking up the role from 1 September 2018. Professor Sharples is currently Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange in the Faculty of Engineering, which has 800 staff across six departments with more than 4,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

As PVC EDI, Professor Sharples will hold a University Executive Board position with responsibility for driving equality, diversity and inclusion policy and initiatives across the University to tackle the challenges we face, for example, in the gender pay gap for our staff or the attainment gap for our black and minority ethnic students.

Posted on Tuesday 7th August 2018

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