The University of Chichester has demonstrated its commitment to sexual orientation equality in the workplace by signing up to the Stonewall’s Diversity Champions Programme.
Staff at the University will work with Stonewall associate Dave Small, who is based in Chichester, to identify best practice for the benefit of the University as a whole. While Diversity Champions is a programme designed to support lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) staff at the University, Stonewall will also meet with the relevant LGB student groups to offer their support and advice.
Chichester joins 35 other Universities around the country who have signed up to the programme, and is led by the Human Resources department and the University’s Gender Equality Group. It has the full support of the University’s Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Clive Behagg, who formally signed the Stonewall document with the University’s Director of Human Resources, Elisabeth Whitaker.
Professor Behagg said: “I welcome the opportunity to work with Stonewall in support of diversity. I want the University to be an inclusive community of learning where staff and students can be proud of their own identity and work in an atmosphere of mutual respect.”
Dave Small, Stonewall associate, said: “By joining the Diversity Champions programme, the University of Chichester has recognised that people perform better when they can be themselves. Our members are forward thinking 21st century employers who want to recruit, recognise, and support the very best staff regardless of background. Good employers understand that providing support for all their staff improves their operational effectiveness.”
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