At our annual Inclusion Conference we presented the Social Inclusion Staff Award to recognise staff contributions to celebrating diversity, supporting an inclusive culture, and demonstrating leadership in social inclusion.

Thank you to everyone who nominated a colleague, team, or project for the award, we had some really great submissions, and it is clear a lot of good work is being done on social inclusion across the University.

At the opening of the conference Professor Beccy Freeman, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), announced our shortlisted nominations and shared the great work they've been doing on social inclusion at Warwick. Throughout the day, conference attendees had the chance to vote for who they wanted to win. At the close of the conference, Kulbir Shergill, Director of Social Inclusion, announced the winner of the Social Inclusion Staff Award 2024 - Dr Jagjeet Jutley-Neilson.

Jag was nominated for her work to create an inclusive student experience, always with a focus on co-creation to ensure students lived-experiences are centre-placed. She worked with students to co-create a Neurodiversity Toolkit and is working with neurodivergent students and staff to develop wider training for departments. She was central to co-creation of the Code of Practice for Disabled Students, designed to provide key information and resources for staff across the University to improve inclusive practice and support for disabled students. She is a facilitator on the Tackling Racial Inequality at Warwick programme and has co-created projects with Black, Asian, and minority ethnic students, leading to the development of an Inclusive Psychology Toolkit. She also works to support others across the sector to develop their own inclusive practice, for example presenting on the Inclusive Psychology Toolkit at a British Psychological Society event.

Congratulations and well done, Jag!