equality data

Our Access and Participation Plan sets out our aspirations, targets and milestones aimed specifically at equality of opportunity for under-represented groups of students to access, succeed in and progress from higher education.

The Equality Act 2010 introduced a General Public Sector Equality Duty, which as a university, Leeds Beckett has to meet.

The general duty has three aims and requires us to have due regard to the need to:

1. Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010
2. Advance equality of opportunity between people from different groups
3. Foster good relations between people from different groups – this involves tackling prejudice and promoting understanding between people from different groups
4. Meet the needs of people with protected characteristics

Our EDI framework objectives are

1. We will promote, celebrate and value equality, diversity and inclusion.
2. We will attract, retain and develop a diverse student and staff community.
3. We will foster an inclusive educational environment, advancing excellence in research and learning.
4. We will ensure our campus is inclusive and accessible and supports everyone to achieve their full potential.

We are currently in a consultation process for the redesign of the institutional equality objectives. This will be completed and published in 2023. 

We publish the data which is available in the Public Sector Equality Duty Compliance Report.