The Science Council Declaration on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
By promoting equality, diversity and inclusion the IMA will create greater opportunity for any individual to fulfil their mathematical potential, irrespective of their background or circumstances. In so doing it will also help mathematics to better serve society by attracting the widest possible talent to the mathematics workforce and fostering a greater diversity of mathematical ideas, research and technology.
The IMA is committed to widening participation in mathematics education and the workplace. To this end the IMA declares a commitment to promote equality, diversity and inclusion throughout its community and challenge prejudice and discrimination. This will require leadership from the highest level in the IMA. As a leading voice in mathematics and the application of mathematics, the IMA will therefore seek every opportunity to be proactive in promoting and communicating this vision to educators, employers, policy makers, opinion formers and the general public.
The IMA will proactively promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion within our discipline by:
- Appointing a board level diversity champion who, in partnership with the senior executive staff member in our organisation, will advocate the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion, and be accountable for improving practice and communicating our diversity strategies to our staff, membership and other stakeholders;
- Planning and implementing a programme of work to embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into our current organisational policies, practices and behaviours, and enhance the equality of opportunity in our activities as an employer and professional/learned body;
- Measuring, assessing and reflecting on our progress.
The Science Council pages on Diversity can be found here, including a link to the declaration: https://sciencecouncil.org/professional-bodies/diversity-equality-and-inclusion/
The framework can be found here: https://sciencecouncil.org/professional-bodies/diversity-equality-and-inclusion/diversity-framework/