Diversity and inclusion support
All employers must recruit on a fair and equal basis. The best employers actively champion diversity in the workplace.
Many graduate recruiters go beyond formal legal requirements and set themselves challenging recruitment targets to build a diverse workforce.
If you feel you have been discriminated against in recruitment, you have rights you can pursue.
Our Careers Advisers can provide advice on any equality and diversity issues you encounter in your job search as well as career guidance.
Disabled Students
Tailored career resources and support for disabled students.
Race, Religion and Ethnicity
Employers increasingly want to reflect our multicultural society in the workforce, and you should feel free to ask employers about their diversity policies. What programmes do they work with for recruiting and supporting graduates from ethnic minority groups?
Gender
The Equality Act 2010 legally protects women and men, including transsexual people, from being discriminated against at work because of their sex.
Most employers are committed to preventing gender discrimination. However, there is still a gender pay gap of 10% between full-time male and female employees, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Gender discrimination can be both positive and negative, with some employers having misconceptions that men and women have particular strengths or weaknesses.
Gender imbalances can vary between sectors. Various societies and networks exist to help you succeed in a sector where your gender is still under-represented.