How well does your university support its gender diverse student body?

It’s 2018 and it’s impossible to avoid supporting trans, nonbinary, and other non-conforming students - we are everywhere!

You might not be aware of it yet, but in the last few years, UK universities have been hard at work producing policies and guidance on how to best support their students - whatever their gender identity or history.

Read on to find out what your university has to say.

University policies

Here’s our list of university gender policies. How does your uni do?

• Aberystwyth University
• City, University of London
• Imperial College London
• King’s College London
• LSE - The London School of Economics and Political Science
• Leeds Beckett University
• Newcastle University
• Nottingham Trent University
• Oxford Brookes University
• Queen’s University Belfast
• Royal Holloway University of London
• The Open University: 1 2
• The University of Edinburgh
• The University of Nottingham
• The University of Warwick
• UCL - University College London: 1 2
• UWE Bristol: University of the West of England
• Ulster University
• University of Bedfordshire
• University of Birmingham
• University of Central Lancashire
• University of Derby
• University of Essex
• University of Kent
• University of Leeds
• University of London
• University of Oxford
• University of Portsmouth
• University of Southampton
• University of Strathclyde
• University of Sunderland
• University of Surrey
• University of West London
• University of Winchester: 1 2
• University of the West of England: 1 2
• York St John University: 1 2
• ual: university of the arts london

Let us know if there is a policy you know about that’s not on the list!

Unis aren’t the only people involved

Of course, it’s not just universities who are the only people who have a responsibility for their gender diverse student and staff bodies.

If you’re postgraduate research student or researcher, UKRI (the organisation that contains the Research Councils) have published guidance on how transgender researchers should be supported.

There are active local student trans organisations like the ones at Durham, Huddersfield, and University of Manchester.

Finally, students interested in activism might want to check out the Action for Trans Health Student Activism Guide - and to keep safe, remember to read the important booklet from Green and Black Cross about how to keep yourself as safe as possible when protesting.

More information

Working for change at your university? We have detailed and up-to-date guidance for universities, including information about responsibilities as an employer, on the Information for Universities section of our website.