Equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA)
We actively engage with our staff and students to work with them to build a culture that embeds EDIA into everything that we do.
Our stories
Head over to our blog for stories about our great people that shape our Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Big sisters in STEM
The new podcast: championing comfort, solidarity, and candid conversations.
International Women's Day
Raises awareness about discrimination, celebrates women’s achievements and takes action to inspire inclusion.
Our Faculty's awards
We see charter marks as a means to demonstrate our actions to improve the accessibility, inclusivity and diversity of our staff and students.
Our university's current awards
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Race Equality Charter
We have a silver Race Equality Charter mark to recognising that we’ve identified and reflected on institutional and cultural barriers standing in the way of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and students, identified actions and are starting to see some change as a result.
Learn more about Race Equality Charter
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Athena Swan
The University holds a Silver Athena Swan award. This is a global framework to support and transform gender equality within higher education and research.
Learn more about Athena Swan
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Stonewall
A list that is compiled from the Workplace Equality Index – the UK’s leading benchmarking tool for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace. We consistently rank in the top 100 and for 2023 we were ranked 30th.
Read more
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Disability Confident Leader
We have been awarded Disability Confident Leader status by the Business Disability Forum of which we are a member.
Learn more about disability confident
Learn more and get involved
To learn more about EDI at The University of Manchester, explore an overview of our university-wide EDI activities.
Contact us
Get in touch with our dedicated team for more information.