I'm Camila Rangel Smith, a Senior Research Data Scientist at the Research Engineering Group. We are a group of around 45 research data scientist, software and computer engineers that work across all programs of the Turing. Although we are a technical team, from early on we've been committed to embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in what we do, and this realised by the EDI service area, which is a formal activity within the group with protected time allocations that I lead.

> [name=May] Thinking about Fede's point: You could say something like "Within the research engineering group, I take the lead for the EDI strategies."

> [name=May] I think you could emphasise the quick growth in team size to show why you focused EDI on recruitment. Eg. In the last x years my team (note: **my** is important here) has grown from 3 data scientists to 45 members. This has given us the opportunity to think hard about how we recruit.

> [name=myyong]
*realised by the EDI service area, which is a formal activity within the group with protected time allocations that I lead.*
This is super strong. You could emphasise it: Eg. My team's business model is that we cover own costs through project work. We show our commitment to EDI by ringfencing a portion of our budget to buy team members' time allocations so that EDI work fall within our work hours and responsibilities.

> [name=Fede] maybe that i have been leading from its conception? Just to emphasize you are the driving force

>> [name=May] I disagree with Fede! We want the panel to understand that Turing spent money well; Camila emphasising "my team" would be enough.

> [name=myyong]
*Some of the things we've done in this service area is to think hard in how we recruit. We're well aware of the diversity challenges in computer science and data science, so we've been experimenting with different initiatives to attract a wide range of applicants to our jobs and to remove any barriers that might hold back certain groups from applying.*
> You can shorten it straight to "The most interesting part of this work is when we pilot different initiatives to attract a wide range of applicants to our jobs and to remove any barriers that might hold back certain groups from applying."

Some of the things we've done in this service area is to think hard in how we recruit. We're well aware of the diversity challenges in computer science and data science, so we've been experimenting with different initiatives to attract a wide range of applicants to our jobs and to remove any barriers that might hold back certain groups from applying.

> [name=myyong] *Furthermore, following the launch of the Turing EDI strategy, we have formed close collaborations with several related activities.*
Say that the whole REG team contributes to this. Eg. I do not want to give the impression that REG contributions to Turing EDI comes only from me. REG as a whole contributes to the Turing EDI strategy. We have ....

Furthermore, following the launch of the Turing EDI strategy, we have formed close collaborations with several related activities. For instance, we host interns from the HDR UK Black Internship program, contribute to curriculum development and teaching in summer schools, provide technical support for EDI data monitoring and analysis within the Turing, and collaborate with other projects such as TPS, The Turing Way, and Women in Data Science and AI projects.

> [name=myong] *A final comment is that the Research Engineering Group is a resource with high demand at the Turing, and we don’t always have capacity to do all the projects that come to us, however when is time to prioritise what projects we do EDI alignment and support the EDI Turing strategy goes high on the list.*
I'd drop this. It is better to end on what we have done rather than what we cannot do.

A final comment is that the Research Engineering Group is a resource with high demand at the Turing, and we don’t always have capacity to do all the projects that come to us, however when is time to prioritise what projects we do EDI alignment and support the EDI Turing strategy goes high on the list.