{"id":59,"date":"2025-09-01T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/?p=59"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:59:02","slug":"sphere-colleagues-have-their-say-on-edi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/2025\/09\/01\/sphere-colleagues-have-their-say-on-edi\/","title":{"rendered":"SPHERE colleagues have their say on EDI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two members of SPHERE &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexeter.us8.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Da34ed2a60fb7834db0006a6b6%26id%3D4c25d99fd8%26e%3D3871ffcab6&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cc.e.m.bardell%40exeter.ac.uk%7C75559fbe6f104e54b1cb08de10962610%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C638966434240676548%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sVNP3IqpZxSUV7AWmmcxQF0i3a6xZmuj5qL0dU%2BcAUE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Prof Antoinetta Medina-Lara<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexeter.us8.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Da34ed2a60fb7834db0006a6b6%26id%3D1ba3d99950%26e%3D3871ffcab6&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cc.e.m.bardell%40exeter.ac.uk%7C75559fbe6f104e54b1cb08de10962610%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C638966434240684325%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EJVexwW7R%2BoftpqrIsbURQ0LLIziJzpZrzG0WLC0zp0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Dr Rachel Proctor<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; have joined\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sphr.nihr.ac.uk\/about\/equality-diversity-and-inclusion\/\">SPHR\u2019s EDI Committee<\/a>\u00a0as Exeter Reps. 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