Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

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

Staff

EDI annual reports

Gender pay gap reporting

The University's gender pay gap information can be viewed on the Government website.

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

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Female 2009; Male 1699


Ethnicity (broad)

838 staff identified as Asian, Black, Mixed or from another minority ethnic Background

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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

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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

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Bisexual 1.6%

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Gay man 1.2%

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Gay woman/lesbian 0.8%

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Heterosexual/Straight 60.4%

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Other 1%

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Prefer not to say 35%


Disability

236 staff disclosed a disability

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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

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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

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Female 8739; Male 7521


Age

12.1% of Undergraduate students are over 21

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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

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BAME* 52.1%; White 44.5%; Prefer not to say 3.4

Ethnicity (detailed)

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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

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LGB* 7.4%

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Heterosexual 82%

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Not disclosed 10.3%

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Unknown 0.4%

*LGB includes: Bisexual, Gay man, Gay woman/Lesbian, Other


Disability

1,713 students disclosed a disability

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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

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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%

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