Lancaster University Gender Equality Plan

At Lancaster University we are committed to creating a fairer and more inclusive institution for all staff, students, visitors and our wider university community, where equality, diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our University's strategy, values and activities. Staff and students recognise that we all have a key role to play in making this a reality. The University’s plans for gender equality are embedded within a range of initiatives, reports and action plans, in line with our over-arching approach to equality, diversity and inclusion. Alignment of Lancaster University’s activities to the Horizon Europe Gender Equality Plan (GEP) requirements can be found in the following document.

Lancaster University Gender Equality Plan

Disability Confident

Lancaster University is a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Disability Confident is a government scheme aimed at creating a movement of change, encouraging employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people.

As a Disability Confident Employer we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• communicating and promoting vacancies
• offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

Our Disability Confident Committed accreditation lasts until May 2028 and, during this time, we will be reviewing what actions we need to progress disability inclusion at Lancaster University.