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This statement sets out UCL’s commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. An environment free from unlawful discrimination, prejudice, intimidation, harassment and bullying.
UCL is committed to fostering a positive culture where all staff, students, and visitors can flourish, where no-one will feel compelled to conceal or minimise elements of their identity for fear of being stigmatised or discriminated against.
UCL aims to be a university where people are encouraged to be authentic and their unique perspective, experiences, and skills are seen as valuable assets.
UCL commits to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion:
- in the recruitment, selection, education, and assessment of students
- in the recruitment, selection, training, appraisal, development, and promotion of staff; and
in the way in which it welcomes and treats all visitors to UCL and external organisations with which it works.
To do this, we commit to provide a learning, working, and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all are respected, and which is free from unlawful discrimination, prejudice, intimidation, and all forms of harassment including bullying.
No student, employee, worker, or visitor will be discriminated against on the basis of:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender identity
- Marriage or civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
For more information on UCL’s approach, please see the Prevention of Bullying, Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Policy.
UCL will take active steps to meet its legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, Public Sector Equality Duty by having due regard to the need to:
- eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation based on a protected characteristic, whether actual, perceived, or by association;
- advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it; and
- foster good relations between persons who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
UCL is committed to a programme of action to ensure that equality, diversity, and inclusion initiatives are implemented and monitored at organisational, faculty, and departmental levels. Find out more about some of the programme of work around equality, diversity and inclusion at UCL.
All staff, students, and visitors to UCL are expected to abide by the principles set out in this policy and to support UCL in its delivery.
Practising equality of opportunity can sometimes mean treating people differently in order to treat them fairly, e.g. being flexible to meet the needs of working parents or implementing reasonable adjustments for Disabled staff and students.
Equality means treating people fairly, taking account of different needs and circumstances, so that everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve their desired outcomes, free from unfair treatment and discrimination.
Diversity recognises, values, and celebrates the differences between people or communities. These can be visible and non-visible differences. Our differences may mean we have different cultures, needs, wants, and ways of doing things.
Inclusion means actively considering the diversity of individuals and groups to understand their needs and changing the way we do things where necessary in order to ensure that each member of the UCL community is included and feels valued.
Further Information
If you are interested in finding our more about any aspect of equality, diversity, and inclusion at UCL you can contact equalities@ucl.ac.uk or visit the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team website.
Student Support and Wellbeing
Information, support and advice for UCL students around wellbeing, disability and mental health can be obtained by visiting the Student Support and Wellbeing website.