Dave Small Workplace Associate (Southern Region), workplace programmes

Stonewall The Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Charity Equality for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people At home, at school, at work

The workplace 13% of workforce have witnessed homophobic bullying in the workplace 1 in 5 lesbian and gay people have experienced homophobic bullying in the workplace Home office estimates 90% of homophobic hate crime goes unreported

ECU Report | March 2009 >more than half of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) staff and over a third of students think that equality issues related to sexual orientation are treated less seriously by their institution than other equality issues such as race or disability >a third of LGB staff have been treated negatively by colleagues >one in five gay students has taken time out of their course because of problems relating to their sexuality, homophobic discrimination and bullying

Diversity Champions Over 612 organisations in the programme Private, Public and Third sectors Committed to making their workplace inclusive for LGB people Work with Stonewall and others to make this a reality

DIVERSITY CHAMPIONS >42 universities working with stonewall in the Diversity Champions Programme, including: >Southampton University >Chichester University >Winchester University >Bath Spa University >The Open University >Portsmouth University >Highbury College >IOW College >Bath College Approx- 49 – SE 22 – SW

WEI Employer Engagement 378 organisations entered the index, up from 352 in 2010 and 317 in 2009 Submissions from 25 different industries Over 9,100 responses to the staff feedback from 323 employers 29 local universities took part in index, 5 in the Top 100

Liverpool John Moores University University of Salford Cardiff University Imperial College London University of Cambridge Top 100 Universities

Index questions Policy & Practice Staff engagement Training and Development Monitoring Supplier Diversity-Procurement Community Engagement Pink Plateau/LGB Role models Staff feedback

Policy and Procedure Diversity Team Inclusive Benefits Network/Network Functions Staff Engagement Monitoring UWE - Do Well

Bullying Policy Line Manager Training Career Development for LGB Staff Community Engagement Senior Out Staff-Role Models UWE – Room for improvement

Measures 9 key metrics of LGB staff satisfaction Distributed to lesbian, gay and bisexual staff by employers taking part in the Index Over 9,100 responses to the survey from 323 employers Collated and analysed by Stonewall for each organisation 3% of overall marks 56 staff responded (up from 44 in 2010) Staff Feedback Questionnaire

UWE Respondent Profile Bisexual9% Gay man38% Gay Woman/lesbian50% Other4%

WEI Staff Survey-2011 QuestionWEI AverageUniversity averageUWE Average Not out in workplace13%21%23% Workplace culture inclusive 73%65%46% Senior manager supportive 59%45%27% Line managers supportive61%49%38% Straight colleagues well informed 36%27%22% Confident in reporting anti-gay bullying 76%73%60% Confortable of declaring my sexual orientation 76%71%57% Feel able to be myself in the workplace 78%76%68%

Thank you Any questions?