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The University of Glasgow is committed to promoting equality in all its activities and aims to provide a work, learning, research and teaching environment free from discrimination and unfair treatment, writes Mhairi Taylor, Equality and Diversity Manager.

To help achieve these objectives we have a team of Equality Champions, led by Professor Anton Muscatelli as our overall Equality Champion, all drawn from our Senior Management Team.

They each take responsibility for overseeing the support and provision for a particular protected characteristic, or range of characteristics. Although not protected characteristics, we are also delighted to have a Champion involved in activity around supporting refugees and asylum seekers.

The University of Glasgow values all its students, staff and visitors equally, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender reassignment status. We aim to create a work, learning, teaching and research environment in which all staff and students, whatever their sexuality, feel equally welcome and valued, and in which discriminatory behaviour is not tolerated, and our Equality Champions play a key role in achieving these aims.

We are therefore delighted to announce that, following the departure of David Newall, Professor Roibeard (‘Robby’) O Maolalaigh has taken up the role of Gender and Sexual Diversity Equality Champion.

This role covers a number of the Protected Characteristics, including Sexual Orientation, Gender Reassignment, Marriage and Civil Partnership. Supported by the Equality and Diversity Unit, Professor O Maolalaigh will chair the Gender and Sexual Diversity Group, which brings together student and staff representatives, and acts as a channel of communication where issues affecting LGBT+ people can be raised and addressed or referred to appropriate bodies for action.

Professor O Maolalaigh says of his new role: "I am delighted to be taking up the role of Gender and Sexual Diversity Champion and am looking forward to building on the excellent work already delivered in this area by my predecessor, David Newall, continuing to help facilitate an inclusive and supportive Campus for all our LGBT+ students and colleagues."

You can find more information on all our Equality Champions, and all our equality and diversity activities, on the Equality and Diversity Unit’s webpages.

Glasgow Pride 2017

This weekend, 19 and 20 August, sees the annual Glasgow Pride celebration. To show the University’s support of the LGBT+ community, the rainbow flag will be flown from Friday morning from the South Flag Pole.

A number of staff will also be taking part in the Pride March, and if you would like to be part of the group participating from the University, further information can be found on the LGBT+ Network Facebook page or by contacting Co-Chairs Carlo van den Heuvel on carlo.vandenheuvel@glasgow.ac.uk, or Eleanor Capaldi on Eleanor.Capaldi@glasgow.ac.uk

If you would like to find out more about the work of any of our Equality Champions, or any of our equality and diversity activities, please do not hesitate to contact us on equality@glasgow.ac.uk

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First published: 15 August 2017