We are pleased to announce our recent success in re-obtaining our Disability confident Leader status. We are the first University to achieve this DCL status and have continued to show our commitment to disability equality.
Richard Cartwright, Principal Teaching Fellow in Southampton Business and Chair of Disability Self-Assessment Team says:
“I am hugely grateful to everyone who has contributed to the renewal of our status as a Disability Confident Leader. Renewal of this status is an important recognition of what the University has achieved to date, but also an acknowledgment of what we have left to do.
During the re-accreditation process we have identified a number of key issues affecting students and staff which we have formed into an action plan which will inform the University’s work in this area in the coming weeks, months and years”.
Disability Confident is a Government scheme, developed to help employers make the most of the opportunities provided by employing disabled people, and support employers to go on their “Disability Confident journey”. It has three levels of attainment, of which our University has achieved the highest level.
For more information about Disability Confident Scheme visit the HR website or contact the EDI Team at [email protected]
