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Sexual orientation
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News
ECU urges vice-chancellors to deliver lesbian, gay and bisexual equality
Related subject: Sexual orientation | Staff | StudentsHEIs need to take a serious approach to wiping out discrimination against LGB staff and students, says ECU
Higher education sector needs to address sexual orientation and trans-status discrimination
Related subject: Trans | Sexual orientation | Staff | StudentsResearch into the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans staff and students highlights discrimination on campus
First research into experiences of LGBT staff and students in HE to be unveiled
Related subject: Trans | Sexual orientation | Staff | StudentsBooking now open for this not-to-be-missed conference, 4 March 2009
Publications
Delivering LGB equality: making your college LGB friendly
Related subject: Sexual orientation | Staff | Students | ScotlandGuide for senior management on a strategic approach to lesbian, gay and bisexual equality in colleges
Student services: supporting LGB students
Related subject: Sexual orientation | Students
Leaflets to help student services support their lesbian, gay and bisexual students
Include and inspire: sport and fitness services in higher education
Related subject: Age | Disability | Gender | Trans | Race | Religion and belief | Sexual orientation | StudentsA guide for HEI sports service managers and students' unions
Inclusive practice
Extending diversity monitoring: encourage meaningful disclosure
Related subject: Trans | Religion and belief | Sexual orientationTips for introducing new diversity monitoring categories
Extending diversity monitoring: explain why the data is being collected and how it will be used
Related subject: Trans | Religion and belief | Sexual orientationTips for introducing new diversity monitoring categories
Extending diversity monitoring: case study
Related subject: Trans | Religion and belief | Sexual orientationThis case study shows how a higher education institution may get the best results when monitoring religion and belief, sexual orientation and gender identity
Your questions
What questions could be asked to monitor protected characteristics?
Related subject: Age | Disability | Gender | Trans | Race | Religion and belief | Sexual orientation | Staff | Students | GeneralWhat protection is afforded to married people or people in civil partnerships?
Related subject: Gender | Sexual orientation | Equality ActCan employees be harassed on the basis of perceived (rather than actual) sexual orientation?
Related subject: Sexual orientationCan employees be harassed on the basis of their perceived sexual orientation even if it transpires that they are heterosexual?
Other
Measuring progress on equality: qualitative evidence
Related subject: Age | Disability | Gender | Trans | Race | Religion and belief | Sexual orientation | Staff | Students | General | Equality Act | ScotlandGuidance to help institutions track and demonstrate their performance on equality using qualitative evidence
Addressing disparities in selection rates to the Research Excellence Framework (REF)
Related subject: Age | Disability | Gender | Trans | Race | Religion and belief | Sexual orientation | StaffShowcasing the range of initiatives that departments have developed to support researchers who share a particular protected characteristic under-represented in their REF submission
Clare Pavitt's profile
Related subject: Religion and belief | Sexual orientationClare currently works on projects related to equality and sexual orientation and religion and belief
Contacts
Staff responsible for this subject.
Clare Pavitt
Senior Policy Adviser
Telephone: 020 7269 6546
Email: clare.pavitt@ecu.ac.uk