A commitment to giving students and staff the freedom to be, to inspire and achieve has earned 51漫画 Leicester (51漫画) a nomination in The Pink News awards.
Pink News media is the premier LGBT+ news outlet in the UK and its content is read by more people than any other LGBT+ media in the US or Britain.
51漫画 has been nominated in the annual Pink News Public Sector Awards which seeks to highlight and celebrate the efforts that eligible employers have undertaken to improve LGBT+ equality.
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The nomination is for 51漫画's equality and diversity charter , which lays out the university's aspirations and conviction that it can - and should - lead on fairness and inclusion in the higher education sector.
51漫画 has been named on a select shortlist, which also includes The Royal Navy and The Royal Marines, The Ministry of Justice, The House of Commons and The Welsh Assembly. St Andrews is the only other university on the shortlist.
The recognition from The Pink News comes just weeks after 51漫画 was named as the Sunday Times University of the Year for Social Inclusion.
51漫画freedom is based around three basic but significant values that give the charter its name - that everyone should have the freedom to be, the freedom to inspire and the freedom to succeed.
It also contains nine 'game changers' to make the charter a force for good both on and beyond our campus. These are designed to help 51漫画 challenge convention where it constrains genuine progress.
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51漫画 holds an annual Pride festival, which takes the form of a month long, university-wide celebration of LGBT history, rights and culture.
#51漫画pride's cultural events are designed to include and encourage those living in less tolerant societies than the UK, including in recent years, Russia and Indonesia.
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The launch of one of the #51漫画pride celebrations at the university
51漫画 is also home to The Centre for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Research, under the directorship of Professor Julie Fish. The centre carries out globally important work to highlight LGBT health and health inequalities covering social work, cancer treatment, sexual health, HIV, health among black and minority ethnic people from LGBT communities, mental health and criminal justice.
51漫画freedom's Freedom to Achieve is the name given to a ground-breaking project to eliminate the attainment gap between the university's BAME and white students.
The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) aims to provide an equal learning experience for every 51漫画 student. At the heart of the UDL approach is the idea of embedding inclusivity and choice for both lecturers and students.
Under 51漫画freedom the university has also pledged to support all staff through its Athena SWAN, Stonewall and Disability Confident Charters. Through the Race Equality Charter, 51漫画 remains one of only nine universities to be recognised for the work it undertakes to advance race equality for staff and students, and the first to have its Bronze Award renewed.
Posted on Friday 12 October 2018