The College is committed to developing an environment which promotes equality of opportunity, values diversity and where students and staff can work and study free from discrimination and harassment. This award recognises an individual or team who have delivered a specific project, initiative or demonstrated inclusive participation in their everyday behaviour that significantly contributes to the enhancement of equality, diversity and inclusion at the College, whilst demonstrating commitment to the College’s expected values and behaviours, Respect, Collaboration, Integrity, Innovation and Excellence.

Nominations can be made by staff from all areas of the College. The awards are decided by a selection panel representing both support services and academic staff.

Eligibility

• Staff in any role across the College are eligible.
• Nominations can be made by any Imperial staff member.
• This award is open to individual and team nominations
• Self-nomination is not permitted for this award category

The nomination must be completed by Friday 12 March 2023.

There is one individual and one team award available for this category, and the winning nominations will receive a prize of £250.

In addition, the winning nomination selected from the winners of the Leadership; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion or Collegiality categories will receive the James Stirling Medal for Culture and Community and a prize of £1,500.

Nomination information

You may nominate an individual, or a team to receive an award for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.  Please don’t feel constrained by these examples, but you might like to recognise staff for demonstrating:

• Evidence of encouraging inclusive participation and eliminating discrimination
• Evidence of the impact of work/initiative on promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
• Commitment to the values of equality, diversity and inclusion beyond the expectations of their job role/project
• Examples of innovation in response to an equality and diversity issue

Entering the nomination

(please additionally refer to the user guide document for the online awards system).  Please also note if you are accessing the system off-site, please make sure you are connected to the College’s VPN

Important: The selection panel will ONLY draw on the evidence presented in the nomination form when making their decision, so please ensure a good case is presented for submission.

• A single nomination form should be completed for individual nominations
• All nominations must be seconded before the deadline. Please refer to the online awards system user guide for more information.
• Evidence should be provided for each of the award criteria, particularly how this extends beyond the expectations of the nominee’s job description. This should be written for a non-expert audience and specific examples given where appropriate.
• There is a strict 300-word limit for each free text section.
• Attachments are permitted.

Questions to complete

1. Is this an individual or a team nomination?  If this is a team nomination, please include the name of the team and the names of each team member.
2. Please describe your relationship to the nominee (i.e. colleague, peer, line manager) and how you became aware of their contributions to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the College
3. Please describe what the nominee has done to merit the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award
4. Please describe the key benefits they have brought to all parties involved