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At the university, we want every colleague to feel valued, supported, and able to thrive. Being inclusive is one of our University Values.

One of the most important ways we can work towards this is by understanding who makes up our workforce. That's why we've launched a new campaign Inclusion Starts With Us (keeping your personal details up to date on iTrent)

Why your information matters

When colleagues share their equality monitoring information, it helps the university to:

Identify barriers and inequalities in recruitment, progression, pay, and workplace experience
Measure the impact of our equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives
Meet our legal duties under equality legislation
Make evidence‑based decisions, rather than assumptions
Improve policies and support for current and future colleagues
Advance our Charter Mark Action Plans and university commitments

Without accurate data, it is harder for us to see where change is needed - and to demonstrate progress where it is being made.

Your choice, your control

Sharing your equality monitoring information is always voluntary. You will not be pressured in to sharing anything that you don’t want to with the university.

You can:

Choose what information you want to share
Update or change your information at any time during the course of your employment
Choose 'prefer not to say' if you don't wish to share this information at this time. You can change your mind at any time

Even partial information is valuable and helps build a clearer overall picture.

You can also indicate if you would like to be contacted around initiatives relating to your Protected Characteristics.

We ask all colleagues to consider sharing personal information about themselves because it helps us to understand our workforce. Information about the Protected Characteristics of our colleagues, as set out in the Equality Act 2010.

You can check and update your information in the iTrent Employee Self-Service area at any time.

iTrent Employee Self-Service (ESS) is the system used to store and manage your personal information and information. Some of this information is also shared with the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Your ethnicity (ethnic origin)
Whether you have a disability (including long-term health conditions)
Details of your disability or long-term health condition in the 'special requirements' area
Your sexual orientation
Your marital status
Your religion
Your nationality
Information about your academic status (if you are an academic)

Keeping your information up to date ensures that our university records are accurate.

Information about your protected characteristics and personal circumstances can change over time. For example, if your marital status changes or you’ve acquired a disability or long-term health condition since you started working here. For that reason, it is a good idea to check that your details are correct and reflect your present circumstances.

Equality monitoring data helps the university understand our workforce and meet the needs of our diverse communities. This is part of our commitment to the Public Sector Equality Duty (Equality Act 2010).

Equality monitoring information is often used to inform Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs), recruitment campaigns or specific projects (for example, refurbishing our prayer facilities on campus). It also helps the university to calculate its pay gaps and areas of workforce underrepresentation. This is really important for our strategic equality work including the Athena Swan Charter and Race Equality Charter Marks.

Equality monitoring data is classified as 'special category information' which means it must be collected and stored correctly, in accordance with the law.

For information on how we look after your personal data, the purposes in which we use your data for, and where you can find more information regarding your data please visit our Privacy Notice for Colleagues webpage.

The data you disclose in ESS does not update your personal details in our systems, nor is it used for HMRC reporting.

If you are on campus or using VPN, you can log in directly to iTrent ESS. Multi-factor authentication is required via your authenticator app on your smartphone.

If you are working off site you must use the Remote App. Windows and Mac users should follow the appropriate Remote App guidance and prefix the username with leedsbeckett\ when logging in.

Once you're logged in to the iTrent ESS, select View Profile from the top left of the screen to access your personal details.

Click on the 'sensitive information' area and update incorrect or missing information, and click Save to record your changes.

If you experience difficulties, please ensure you are using the correct access method and contact HR or IT support if needed.

Your privacy is protected

We understand that equality information feels personal, and confidentiality matters.

You can read the university's Privacy Notice for Colleagues in full on our webpage.

Your information is held securely
It is used anonymously for monitoring and reporting
Data is not used to make decisions about you as an individual
Managers and colleagues cannot see your individual responses

We follow strict data protection procedures when collecting, storing and using your equality monitoring data.

How has equality data improved the experience of colleagues?

Equality monitoring data has helped us to make positive changes at the university already. Here are just some of the examples of how your equality data has helped: