Gender Equality Group (GEG)

The University of Exeter has been a member of Advance HE's Athena Swan charter since 2011 and has held an institutional Silver award since 2018, while departmental awards are held by all nine of our STEMM departments at either Bronze or Silver level.

Following on from the University's engagement in these gender equality accreditations, the Gender Equality Group (GEG) meets termly to discuss a range of gender-related issues affecting staff and students at our institution and monitor our Gender Equality Action Plan.

GEG is chaired by Alicia O'Grady (Executive Director, External Engagement and Global) and brings together academic and professional services staff, students and colleagues from the Students' Guild (Devon) and the Students' Union (Cornwall).

Current membership

Role	Name
Chair (UEB member)	Alicia O'Grady
Academic member	Dr Rachel Fenton
Academic member	Dr Leila Dawney
Academic member	Dr Sabiha Allouche
Academic member	Dr Helen Eyles
Academic member	Professor Frances Tammer
Non-binary representative	Dr Daniel Fountain
Trans representative	Lena Worwood
HR representative	Lynn Stoyle
People Development representative	Rachel Brewer
Students' Union representative (Cornwall)	Orestis Collins-Alamanos
Students' Guild representative (Exeter)	Mia Robillard-Day
Senior EDI Advisor	Sandip Samra
EDI Manager	Dorcas Cowan
Gender Safety representative	Lewis Nurton
HR Policy representative	Charlotte Woollam
Women's Network Co-chair	Rachel Bennett and Steph Selway
Professional Services representative	Totty Brobyn
Research Services representative	Julie Lewis-Thompson
Trade Union representative	Dr Sanja Vico
Speak Out Guardian	Dr Janet Keliher
Global Partnerships representative	James Smith

Current GEG priorities

Our current gender equality action plan is available online.

We submitted our institutional Athena Swan Silver renewal application in January 2024. Key priorities and our 2024-2028 gender equality action plan will be published here by June 2024.