3. Policies and practices

Our work on policies and practices:

• Reviewing the Trans Inclusion Policy; identifying areas for improvement and developing appropriate guidance to support translation of policy to practice.
• Reviewing policy and practices on changing names and pronouns at LSE for staff, students and alumni; and implementing improvements to ensure these processes are more efficient.
• Ensuring inclusive categorisation in staff and student surveys and data collection, aligned with national data and HESA requirements.
• Reviewing and updating recruitment and development policies and guidance; ensuring that the recruitment toolkit for managers covers all protected characteristics.
• Reviewing our policies, processes and procedures to ensure comprehensive focus on all protected characteristics.

Outcomes and impact: 

• Clear guidelines on trans inclusion practices for trans students and staff, as well as for those supporting trans students and staff.
• Accurate and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ+ community at LSE in data records.
• Managers improve their understanding of best practice in inclusive recruitment practices.
• Improvement of the experience of trans, non-binary and gender non-confoming students and staff.
• Improved guidance and clarity on safeguarding issues for all protected characteristics.

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