LGBTQ+ Self-Assessment Team and Inclusion Action Plan
Our work on delivering LGBTQ+ equality and Inclusion is overseen by a self-assessment team (LGBTQ+ SAT).
The LGBTQ+ Self-Assessment Team (SAT) is responsible for defining the priorities and monitoring the progress of the University’s LGBTQ+ Inclusion Action Plan.
The LGBTQ+ Inclusion Action Plan involves steps that contribute to the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index. In 2024, the AVÊÓƵ was ranked 30 in Stonewall's top 100 employers, thereby fulfilling our Inclusive Sussex commitment to achieving top 100 employers status by 2025.
The LGBTQ+ Inclusion Action Plan also includes work relating to academic study at Sussex, and actions based on the feedback from LGBTQ+ staff, including via our LGBTQ+ Staff Network and Trans and Non-binary Staff Network, and student representative groups.
The LGBTQ+ SAT meets once a term and is chaired by a member of the EDI Unit and an academic lead. The SAT is made up of staff and student representatives with a range of roles relating to policy and communications, EDI, and LGBTQ+ representation.
If you, your team, school, or department would like to find out more about the LGBTQ+ Action Plan or to discuss LGBTQ+ Inclusion at Sussex, please email the EDI Team EDI.Unit@sussex.ac.uk.