Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity and to creating an inclusive work environment which truly values diversity and where all members of our community can flourish. We seek to ensure that our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusivity underpins how we operate, how we strategise, how we achieve our goals and how we interact and communicate at all levels.
Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity and to creating an inclusive work environment which truly values diversity and where all members of our community can flourish. We seek to ensure that our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusivity underpins how we operate, how we strategise, how we achieve our goals and how we interact and communicate at all levels.
A few of our flagship initiatives and achievements include:
- Our institutional Athena SWAN Silver Award and a 15.5 per cent increase in the proportion of female Professors in our STEMM departments during the past decade.
- Awarded Level 2 Disability Confident Employer status.
- Sector-leading maternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies.
- Ranking in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and a proud signatory of Stonewall’s ‘Trans Rights are Human Rights’ campaign.
- Our commitment to race equality as reflected in the award of our Bronze Race Equality Charter Mark in 2022.
- Confidential and informal support services for staff, including Speak Out Guardians and a network of Dignity and Respect Advisors.
For more information on our events, achievements and initiatives, please visit exeter.ac.uk/inclusion