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The scheme is being launched for this academic year and applications will be accepted till 12 January 2015. Please see the mentoring page for further information.
QMUL has partnered with leading London institutions to set a mentoring scheme where senior academics from the 3 institutions mentor Black and Ethnic Minorities (BME) academic staff. The scheme is in its 2nd year and you can apply to take part or nominate colleagues.
The Programme has been shortlisted for 2 awards this year: ENEI Tapping into Talent award and Race for Opportunity Talent (progression) award
The partner institutions are King's College London and University College London.
For more information about the B-MEntor scheme, whether you would like to be a mentee or to mentor someone, please click here.
Please contact the Equality and Diversity Team for further information.
Congratulations to the School of Politics and International Relations on achieving a bronze award in the trial round of the Gender Equality Mark. The Gender Equality Mark addresses gender inequalities and imbalance in the arts, humanities and social sciences, in particular the underrepresentation of women in senior roles. Please see the ECU page for further details about the Charter Mark.
On the 14th May QMUL are launching the Disabled Staff Network and are inviting interested individuals to join in for a drop in session between 12.30 and 2pm. The network is open to disabled staff, staff who support disabled people and anyone who has an interest and wants to find out more. See the below poster for further details.
Disabled staff launch
QMUL has successfully renewed its Bronze award and the Institute of Dentistry has also achieved a Bronze award.
All schools in S&E and SMD now have an award.
Find out more on the Athena SWAN page
On 20th March 2014, the Principal signed the Time to Change pledge, showing the university commitment to end mental health stigma.
Find out more on the Disability page
To find out, please visit the event page, our facebook and twitter account.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/QMDiversityEquality
Twitter: @QMULDiversity
For the third year in a row, QMUL has moved up both the ranking and scoring in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, which measures how an organisation has advanced equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff.
QMUL was ranked 196 in the Index. A list of the top 100 employers can be found here:www.stonewall.org.uk/at_work/stonewall_top_100_employers/default.asp
Among QMUL’s achievements was the work undertaken by QMOUT – the QMUL staff network for LGBT people – and the Diversity team during the Diversity Fortnight, and the activities at QM to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO).
If you would like to find out more about the staff network, please visit the webpage: www.hr.qmul.ac.uk/equality/sexualorientation/lgbtstaffnet/76506.html
The group is open to both LGBT staff and staff who have an interest in equality and sexual orientation.
A updated version of the Disabled staff handbook is now available. It provides information for disabled employees and their managers, especially in terms of providing reasonable adjustments and accessing funding.
Please visit the Disability page for more information or see below:
Supporting Disabled staff handbook - Word
Supporting Disabled staff handbook - Pdf
To comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty, Queen Mary has agreed its Equality Objective.
The Equality Objective is supplemented by sub-objectives covering all the Protected Characteristics.
Queen Mary Equality Objectives