Diversity data
Diversity data inform the University’s aims to advance equity, diversity and inclusion and enable us to track our progress against achieving these. Data about the diversity demographic of our students and staff, and their journey with us, helps us to identify and implement targeted actions to advance equity.
As a higher education provider, we also have a legal duty under the Public Sector Equality Duty (Equality Act 2010) to assess and publish information about the effects our policies and practices have on people across the protected equity groups.
To track our progress against University EDI objectives, and to meet the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty, we publish annual equity information reports of our student and staff demographic and lifecycle.
Equity information reports
Students
- January 2023 (PDF, 800kb)
- January 2022 (PDF, 831kb)
- January 2021 (PDF, 1348kb)
- January 2020 (PDF, 1mb)
- January 2019 (PDF, 526kb)
- January 2018 (PDF, 501kb)
- January 2017 (PDF, 290kb)
- January 2016 (PDF, 136kb)
- January 2014 (PDF, 335kb)
Staff
- January 2023 (PDF, 949kb)
- January 2022 (PDF, 523kb)
- January 2021 (PDF, 586kb)
- January 2020 (PDF, 611kb)
- January 2019 (PDF, 706kb)
- January 2018 (PDF, 317kb)
- January 2017 (PDF, 382kb)
- January 2016 (PDF, 136kb)
- January 2015 (PDF, 259kb)
- January 2014 (PDF, 239kb)
EDI annual reports
Gender pay gap reporting
The University's gender pay gap information can be viewed on the Government website.
- Gender pay gap report 2022 (PDF, 3.15mb)
- Gender pay gap report 2021 (PDF, 4.86mb)
- Gender pay gap report 2020 (PDF, 3.7mb)
- Gender pay gap report 2019 (PDF, 4.4mb)
- Gender pay gap report 2018 (PDF, 2.5mb)
- Gender pay gap report 2017 (PDF, 2.6mb)
- Gender pay gap FAQs (PDF, 215kb)
For more information, please see the Government's gender pay gap reporting overview.
Staff
The staff data provided is based on a snapshot of data captured on 1st January 2022.
Gender
54.2% of staff are female
Female 2009; Male 1699
Ethnicity (broad)
838 staff identified as Asian, Black, Mixed or from another minority ethnic Background
BAME* 22.6%; White 69%; Prefer not to say 8.4%
Ethnicity (detailed)
Asian or Asian British 16.4%; Black or Black British 2.4%; White 69%; Other and Mixed 3.8%; Prefer not to say 8.4%
*Black, Asian and minority ethnic.
Age
66.1% of staff are between the ages of 31 and 55
25 and under 4.6%; 26-30 9.5%; 31-35 12.8%; 36-40 14%; 41-45 13.8%; 46-50 12.2%; 51-55 13.3%; 56-60 10.8%; 61-65 6.2%; 66 and over 2.7%
Sexual orientation
172 staff told us they identified as being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or an Other sexuality
Bisexual 1.6%
Gay man 1.2%
Gay woman/lesbian 0.8%
Heterosexual/Straight 60.4%
Other 1%
Prefer not to say 35%
Disability
236 staff disclosed a disability
no disability disclosed 93.6%; disclosed a disability 6.4%
Religion or belief
1,194 staff told us that they do not have a religious belief
buddist 0.6%; christian 22.1%; hindu 5%; jewish 0.2%; muslim 4.5%; sikh 1.4%; spiritual 0.7%; other religion or belief 1.5%; no religion 32.2%; prefer not to say 31.8%
Students
The data on this page relates to all students (undergraduate and postgraduate, campus-based and distance learners) studying for a University of Leicester degree in Academic Year 2020/21. Graduation outcomes data relates to students graduating from an undergraduate degree in summer 2021.
Gender
53.7% of students are female
Female 8739; Male 7521
Age
12.1% of Undergraduate students are over 21
17 and under 0.8%; 18-21 62.2%; 22-29 21.9%; 30-39 8.8%; 40-49 4.3%; 50-59 1.5%; 60-69 0.4%; 70 and over 0%
Ethnicity (broad)
8,469 students identified as Black, Asian or minority ethnic
BAME* 52.1%; White 44.5%; Prefer not to say 3.4
Ethnicity (detailed)
Asian or Asian British 31.2%; Black or Black British 12.7%; White 44.5%; Other and Mixed 8.2%; Prefer not to say 3.4%;
*Black, Asian and minority ethnic.
Sexual orientation
1,198 students told us they identified as being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or an Other sexuality
LGB* 7.4%
Heterosexual 82%
Not disclosed 10.3%
Unknown 0.4%
*LGB includes: Bisexual, Gay man, Gay woman/Lesbian, Other
Disability
1,713 students disclosed a disability
No disability disclosed 88.4%; disclosed a disability 10.5%; unknown 1.1%
Religion or belief
6,112 students told us they do not have a religion or belief
buddist 0.9%; christian 27.8%; hindu 7.6%; jewish 0.3%; muslim 14.4%; sikh 3.5%; spiritual 0.9%; other religion or belief 0.8%; no religion 37.6%; information refused 5.9%; unknown 0.4%