Target Group
Academic staff
Professional and support staff
Initiative Theme
Recruitment
Initiative institution
Queen Mary University of London
Application type
Athena Swan Initiative
Publication date
Details of Activity
The Diversity Manager published examples of policies, used by other institutions, which offered guidance on gender equality with regards to recruitment. This was done with the aim of gaining ideas for the drafting of their own policy.
Outcomes
The department’s policy on gender equality in recruitment was found to have positively accelerated culture change throughout the wider organsiation. Guidance on recruitment bias was widely distributed to all recruitment managers who as a result reported a higher awareness.