Working at BCU

Birmingham City University is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment that values and promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion.

We continuously review and improve our policies, practices and procedures to ensure equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded across all aspects of our work. By recruiting from a diverse community with employees and students from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, we are committed to creating a culture where everyone can contribute, develop and reach their full potential, as outlined in our university values and community agreement.

As a university, we also recognise the importance of freedom of speech and academic freedom within the law, and we strive to support an environment where open discussion, respectful debate and the exchange of ideas can take place. We believe that higher education providers play a vital role in encouraging critical thinking and diverse viewpoints, while ensuring our community engages with one another in a way that is respectful, inclusive and lawful.

We currently possess an Athena SWAN Silver Award, recognising our commitment to advancing gender equality. We have also recently been conferred a Bronze Race Equality Charter Award, demonstrating our commitment to improving representation, progression and success for all staff and students regardless of background. As an employer, we publish our gender, ethnicity, and disability pay gaps annually, detailing our progress as well as outlining our approaches to creating an environment where equal opportunity is championed and upheld.

BCU has been recognised externally for its progress, being named the best university for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Midlands and ranked eighth in the UK in the inaugural Honordex report in 2024.

We are currently a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and are progressing through the scheme to Level 2 Disability Confident (Employer) status as part of our wider commitment to supporting our disabled employees. We were also one of the first universities to sign up to the Disabled Student Commitment, and we are accredited under the Workplace Wellbeing Charter. In addition, we are signatories of the Student Minds Mental Health Charter, reinforcing our commitment to supporting the wellbeing of our university community.

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