Imperial College is fully committed to equity, diversity and
inclusion. We value the individual contributions of all our staff
and students.
We recognise our reputation relies on the people who make up
its diverse and high achieving community. We are a Stonewall
Champion and have run the LGBT Role Models programme
in-house.
We have been recognised by Gires as an exemplary institution for
supporting our Trans community. Imperial College London has a
well-established LGBT, race equality and disability networks.
We believe in order to be successful we must attract and
retain the best staff and students. To find out more about our
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Imperial College London is a community of over 22,000
people who work together to create one of the leading
environments for education and research in the world.
Imperial values respect, and this creates a welcoming and
inclusive environment for work and study.
The College aims to build a supportive and highly motivated
staff community across all functions and activities, in a
respectful, welcoming and inclusive environment. We place
great importance on protecting and respecting the dignity
of all our staff and students. This means there is absolutely
no place for discriminatory behaviour or for bullying and
harassment, including, homophobic, biphobic or transphobic
bullying. We are proud to be Stonewall Champions,
supporting best practice in the sector. We are delighted to
celebrate Anti-Bullying week 2015, by showcasing the support
we have available and highlighting plans for the future.
Imperial’s pledge to its staff and students is that we shall take
the necessary action to eliminate all forms of discrimination,
especially direct and indirect forms of harassment, bullying
and victimisation. Including homophobic, transphobic and/or
biphobic bullying. We do this by:
• taking all complaints of harassment, bullying and
victimisation seriously
• providing comprehensive harassment training
programmes to management and staff
• providing confidential support services such as
Confidential Care, Occupational Health Services, and
our Harassment Support Contacts
• monitoring our progress towards the achievement of our
pledge and publishing the results
Support available
The College offers a full programme
of training and development relating
to equality and diversity. All staff are
encouraged to take the newly developed
online equality and diversity online course.
This provides staff with a basic overview
and understanding of what the College has
in place for every protected characteristic.
Face-to-face training includes harassment
and bullying, mental health, religion and
belief, LGB and transgender awareness
and disability equality. Several courses are
designed specifically for managers.
Imperial is home to a range of staff networks.
They are Able@ Imperial, who focus on
issues relating to equality and diversity,
representing disabled staff and staff who
support disabled dependents. Imperial as
One, the College’s race equality network and
Imperial 600 LGBT staff. Staff members can
speak to the network committee members
and be signposted to support.
Alongside these staff networks, several
committees exist to promote a working
environment which allows all members of
the Imperial community to thrive, including
the Disability Action Committee, the
Equality and Diversity Committee, and the
Academic Gender Strategy Committee.
Confidential support is available for staff
affected by bullying or harassment in the
workplace through Imperial’s Harassment
Support Contacts (HSCs). The network of
HSCs are trained volunteers who can help
members of staff by acting as a listening
board and exploring the options available to
them through formal and informal College
procedures. HSCs keep all discussions
confidential. We will be hosting an event for
anti-bullying week to ensure all our HSCs
have the opportunity to continue their
learning and development.
A community
built on respect
