Our team
Joanna Matthan
Project Lead
I wanted to do something to bring about a true spirit of inclusion within our university. In my role as an educator on the Medicine and Dentistry programmes, I come into contact with numerous students and staff members who are true unsung heroes. They juggle multiple responsibilities, and grapple with very difficult personal circumstances, sometimes on an unrelenting long-term basis, and I wanted to give them a voice and the opportunity to share the limelight of their more vocal or flamboyant peers and colleagues.
On a personal note, I have some experience of juggling multiple responsibilities being a sole carer of three children for the last 10 years, having to make a significant career change as a result of this and having to sustain a busy and demanding academic career. I am also from a mixed background, and in the UK from an EU country, far away from home and a family and social network to rely on in tricky times.
Laura Delgaty
EDI lead for SME and chair the EDI consultative group
Candy Rowe
Prof of Animal Behaviour & Cognition & Director Equality Diversity and Inclusion for the Faculty of Medical Sciences
Agne Krisciunaite
Communication & Media Student
I was excited to become an intern for this project as its' aims and objectives made a huge impression on me. It is very fulfilling to talk to people from different backgrounds and hear their fascinating stories - people, who usually do not have a voice.
I am an international student so overcoming homesickness was and still is a difficult journey for me as it is for many others. Although often invisible, it is a true burden, and so I wanted to become a part of something that puts light on less apparent struggles of people in our University, yet still focuses on their accomplishments and motivations.
Zoe Rose Martin
Tracy Connell
The eLearning Coordinator for Medical Education.
