Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø to launch LGBTQ+ Equality Implementation Group
17 February 2022
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø is in the process of setting up an LGBTQ+ Equality Implementation Group (LEIG), to ensure that we provide a fully inclusive and equitable environment for all members of our LGBTQ+ community.
The group will be tasked with understanding the concerns and priorities of members of the LGBTQ+ community at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø in its diversity, and with developing a set of recommended actions and a plan to deliver them.
It will establish accountability for work in this area, underpinning a sustained institutional focus on promoting equity, diversity, and inclusivity. This will include tackling inequality, marginalisation, and discrimination experienced by LGBTQ+ staff and students at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø, with particular attention given to trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming members of our community.
LEIG will report directly to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, and via that to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s University Management Committee (UMC).
Professor Sasha Roseneil, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s Pro-Provost (Equity and Inclusion), is currently in discussions with LGBTQ+ staff groups and representatives from Students’ Union Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø to confirm the aims and membership of the group.
Links to further information and support
- LGBTQ+ Equality Steering Group
- LGBTQ+ Staff Networks at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø: Out@Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø, Friends of Out@Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Trans Network, LGBTQ+ STEM Network
- Supporting LGBTQ+ staff and students at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø
- Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Student Support and Wellbeing
- Employee Assistance Programme: Staff Support ServiceÌý
- Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s Code of Conduct for students
- Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø HR: Equal Opportunities statement
- , Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s tool to report cases of bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct