The University is committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all students, staff and visitors. The University has responsibilities as an employer, education provider, community partner, venue and public space to ensure that everyone can access our estate and participate fully and equitably in our activities.
In line with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and the Act’s Public Sector Equality Duty, we take active and positive steps to promote disability equality.
Guided by the social model of disability, we seek to adopt the principles of inclusive design in our service provision, working practices and physical and digital environments.
The University must make reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability; that is, a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Our Inclusive Support Service provides advice and support for disabled students. Our Policy on Reasonable Adjustments for Students sets out our approach to support individual students to achieve their potential.
As an employer, we have developed Reasonable Adjustments Guidance to support staff and managers to agree and put in place adjustments to support disabled staff to thrive at work. This includes a template for a Reasonable Adjustments Plan as a framework to record adjustments.
Support and advice on the effects of work on health and health on work can be obtained from our Occupational Health Service, and advice for staff is available via our Employee Assistance Programme. This includes access to counselling and to Occupational Health advice.
Our work to progress disability equality and inclusion forms a key strand of our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. The University is a Disability Confident Employer and a signatory to the Disabled Student Commitment.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum requirements for a role.
The Anti-Harassment and Discrimination policy provides further information about advice and support for staff and students who have experienced ableist abuse, harassment or bullying.
Use of Facilities
A resource has been developed for viewing details of our inclusive and accessible facilities, along with maps covering all facilities in different locations and buildings. This can be found on the Headington Campus webpage under Accessibility.
