There is a strong sense of community in ECS. We have created an environment that has inspired an extraordinary level of achievement. ECS is one of the world’s largest and most successful electronics and computer science schools.
There are eleven groups in ECS:
Each research group has developed its own unique programme of events including seminars, away days, coffee mornings and team building activities.
Numerous events and initiatives bring the whole School together. They include an ECS Staff Lunch, lecture series, an annual Away Day, an annual Professor Geoffrey Sims Lecture, wellbeing initiatives and staff parties.
ECS puts a lot of emphasis on supporting female staff and students. A forum for female staff in ECS, known as The Campbell Group, was established in February 2019. Meetings are held monthly to support female colleagues in their career and to improve their working environment.
In March 2025, ECS achieved the prestigious Athena Swan Silver Award, recognising our ongoing dedication to advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Equity, diversity and inclusion is at the centre of everything that we do in ECS. We are determined in our commitment to provide a supportive environment in which we value differences, respect diversity and treat each other with equity and respect. We collaboratively preserve a community in which positive working relationships are formed and everyone feels valued, encouraged and supported. In 2019 we developed a Code of Conduct, an email etiquette and a policy for email communication between students and staff.
We promote work-life balance. In 2014, we introduced core hours and we refrain from holding meetings before 10:00, after 16:00 and during lunch hours (12:00-14:00).
In May 2019, the first issue of the ECS monthly newsletter was distributed to staff. It is very popular with staff who happily share information for inclusion.
The ECS School mascot is called EcCleS.