Impact Assessment Steering and Monitoring Group
Terms of Reference
The EIASMG reports to the University’s Equality and Diversity Committee (EDC).
The overall purpose of the EIASMG is to drive the University’s work towards meeting its duty to equality impact assess its policies, processes, functions and criteria, arising as a result of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, Disability Discrimination Act 2005, and Equality Act 2006, and soon to be replaced by the Equality Act 2010.
Objectives
- To oversee the University’s equality impact assessment work including process and progress, helping to set timescales and performance measures, ensure appropriate training is delivered, and set appropriate review dates.
- To help to identify areas of priority for equality impact assessment for the University and specific areas, including providing feedback, advice and acting as a steer for relevant areas of the University.
- To share good practice and experiences among members of the Group and with the wider University.
- To ensure scrutiny and oversight of actions and action plans arising from equality impact assessments.
- To provide strategic advice on embedding equality impact assessments and ensuring we develop a culture in which equality impact assessments are considered early on in the development of policies and processes and throughout their development.
- To advise Deans and Directors of the need for ongoing links between their representatives on the Equality Impact Assessment Steering and Monitoring Group and the School’s or Directorate’s own Equality and Diversity Facilitator.
