Equality standing committees
20 November 2007
Fighting for equality in education and beyond.
The five equality standing committees are elected during the relevant annual meetings. The committees can send motions to national annual congress and sector conferences.
- Black members' standing committee
- Disabled members' standing committee
- LGBT members' standing committee
- Migrant members' standing committee
- Women members' standing committee
Black members' standing committee 2025-2026
- Dr Benjamin Ajibade (Northumbria University)
- Gargi Bhattacharya (University College London)
- Dharminder Chuhan (Sandwell College)
- Bulent GOKAY (Keele University)
- Shivanti Lowton (Open University )
- Juliana Ojinnaka (Sheffield College) (Chair)
- Jak Peake (University of Essex)
- Nitin Rajyaguru (Cardiff and Vale College)
- Saleem Rashid (The Sheffield College)
- Shiva Sikdar (Keele University)
- Abdullah Yusuf (University of Dundee)
Disabled members' standing committee 2025-2026
- Cecily Blyther (Petroc)
- Kevin Daws (City of Bristol College)
- Jennifer Dods (Leeds Beckett University)
- Alison Gaughan (Kirklees College)
- Dan Green (Heriott Watt University)
- Claire Graf (University of Edinburgh)
- Joshua Hepple (London Metropolitan University)
- Sophia Lycouris (University of Edinburgh)
- Bijan Parsia (University of Manchester)
- Christina Paine (London Metropolitan University)
- Pat Roche (Blackpool & Flyde College) (Chair)
- Cecilia Wee (Royal College of Art)
LGBT+ members' standing committee 2025-2026
- Jennie Appleyard (Leeds City College)
- Lexi Breen (University of Lincoln)
- Peta Bulmer (University of Liverpool)
- Peter Evans (Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College) (Chair)
- Matilda Fitzmaurice (Newcastle University)
- Gina Gwenffrewi (University of Edinburgh)
- Daryl Hodge (University of Liverpool)
- Bee Hughes (Liverpool John Moores University)
- Guoxin Ma (University of Southampton)
- Zair Middup (The College of West Anglia)
- Jasmine Nikhwai (Canterbury Christ Church University)
- Mark Pendleton (University of Sheffield)
Migrant members' standing committee 2025-2026
- Paul John Alegado (University of Worcester)
- Maha Rafi Atal (University of Glasgow)
- Minjie Cai (University of Birmingham)
- Michael Carley (University of Bath)
- Toby Chai (Northeastern University London)
- Daniel Keeler (Canterbury Christ Church University)
- Laura Loyola-Hernandez (University of Leeds)
- Gertjan Lucas (University of Nottingham)
- Sophia Lycouris (University of Edinburgh)
- Penny Oderberg (Open University)
- Monika Steer (West Suffolk College)
- Vivek Thuppil (Bangor University)
Women members' standing committee 2025-2026
- Leanne Bibby (Teeside University)
- Vicky Blake (University of Leeds)
- Laura Chuhan Campbell (Durham University)
- Jennifer Dods (Leeds Beckett University)
- Jo Edge (University of Edinburgh) (Chair)
- Safia Flissi (South & City College Birmingham)
- Poppy Gerrard-Abbott (University of Edinburgh)
- Gillian Jack (The Open University)
- Julie Hearn (Lancaster University)
- Lesley Kane (Open University)
- Themesa Neckles (University of Sheffield)
- Christina Paine (London Metropolitan University)
- Pat Roche (Blackpool & Flyde College)
- Lisa Rull (University of Nottingham)
- Suzi Toole (Bolton College)
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