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Our UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture EDI Committee facilitates, supports and creates initiatives, programs, guidelines and activities to empower everyone in the faculty to feel safe, included and respected. We collaborate with other UNSW EDI groups to ensure everyone has equitable opportunities to succeed, regardless of background, to show leadership and benefit from others' initiatives and best practices.

For EDI-related support or queries, please liaise with Emma Kirby (Associate Dean Societal Impact, Equity and Engagement, and Chair, EDI Committee): emma.kirby@unsw.edu.au

The ADA SDG Working Group is to develop, coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and communicate ADA’s engagement with the SDGs, across research, education and student experience, governance and operations and external leadership and engagement Pillars. The Working Group plays a key role in developing and driving the SDG agenda for ADA in line with the University Strategy and the ADA 2051 Strategy.

For ADA SDG-related queries, please liaise with Philip Oldfield (Chair, ADA SDG Working Group): p.oldfield@unsw.edu.au

Arts, Design & Architecture students seeking academic support should contact the . Students requiring equitable learning plans or educational adjustments should contact the .

Explore useful student resources and support including common forms, key contacts, information about academic advising and a range of support services that will help you get the most out of your university experience.

LGBTIQA+ Co-Champions
Aves Parsemain: a.parsemain@unsw.edu.au
Timothy Heffernan: t.heffernan@unsw.edu.au

The LGBTIQA+ Working Group is focused on fostering an inclusive environment for the LGBTIQA+ community within the faculty. Through advocacy, education, and collaboration, we work to ensure diverse sexualities, gender identities, and expressions are recognised and valued in academic and campus life.

Gender Equity Co-Champions
Mailing Suchting: m.suchting@unsw.edu.au
Lizzie Muller: lizzie.muller@unsw.edu.au

The Gender Equity working group celebrates gender diversity and addresses gendered disadvantage for staff and students within the faculty. We actively interface between the faculty and university policies and initiatives, sharing good practice and building a strengths-based culture where people of all gender identities are valued and supported.  

Disability and Mental Health Co-Champions
Karen Kriss: k.kriss@unsw.edu.au
Penny Griffin: penny.griffin@unsw.edu.au

The Disability and Mental Health working group is committed to creating a supportive environment for those with disabilities, neurodivergent and/or mental health challenges within the faculty. Our initiatives include advocating for systemic change, supporting staff and students, and building community.

Indigenous Champion
Anissa Jones: anissa.jones@unsw.edu.au

Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Co-Champions
Ayshe Eli: a.eli@unsw.edu.au
Moe Mojtahedi: m.mojtahedi@unsw.edu.au

The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) working group focuses on promoting cultural and linguistic diversity within our incredibly diverse faculty, striving to create a culturally inclusive environment where students and staff can freely express their identities, opinions, and perspectives.

Wellbeing (including Parents & Families) Co-Champions
Tamra Flewell-Smith: t.flewell-smith@unsw.edu.au
Deborah Barros Leal Farias: deborahblf@unsw.edu.au

The Wellbeing (including Parents & Families) Working Group is passionate about ensuring a safe and inclusive culture of understanding and empathy. Actively promoting wellbeing in its many facets of our diverse faculty, we foster a supportive culture that elevates the voices of our community through their lived experiences. We are committed to helping destigmatise mental health, invisible illness, chronic health conditions, and the complex nuances of parenting and family responsibilities, to further support wellbeing at UNSW.