We are really proud of our community at 明星八卦, and providing a fair and inclusive place to live, work and study continues to be at the heart of everything we do. We welcome applications from across the community based on the right criteria for the job.
You can find out more about our staff community by reading our .
Our aim is to adopt a whole university approach to making 明星八卦 a fairer and more inclusive place, with social justice at its heart. We want to build a culture and community that is kind, committed to fairness and open to change. You can read our policies here.
In our commitment to removing any barriers or institutional and structural social inequalities to success, we have:
- accredited Level Disability Confident Leader status.
- renewed our Athena SWAN Bronze Award and hold a silver award in Life Sciences and five departmental Bronze awards in Law, Mathematics, Clinical Sciences, Computer Sciences and Health Sciences.
- achieved Top 100 LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employer and Silver Award winner in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 2023. We also have an active LGBTQ+ staff network and are working to make sure 明星八卦 is a place where people can be out about their sexuality and gender identity if that's what they choose. Read our policies to support LGBTQ+ employees.
- pledged our support to the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Silver).
- renewed our Working Families benchmark in August 2022 to support working parents and carers find a better balance between responsibilities at home and in the workplace.
We recognise there is much to do and are working towards the Race Equality Charter.
Specialist staff networks and support groups representing different groups with different needs are open to staff across the University. These networks promote and support mental health and wellbeing of our colleagues at work and at home:
- Access and disability
- Anti-harassment and bullying
- Armed Forces
- Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority staff
- Carers
- Colleagues who are childless not by choice
- LGBTQ+ staff
- Menopause
- Women's equality
- Working families
We are committed to providing a trans-inclusive environment for all our staff, students, partners and visitors, which supports trans, non-binary and people with other identities.
