Gender Equality Scheme

The University's Gender Equality Scheme sets out the gender-related objectives for the three years to 2010.

Gender Equality Scheme: Fourth Annual Progress Report (2010-11) (226kb)
Gender Equality Scheme Report 2009 - 2010 (109kb)
Gender Equality Scheme 2008 - 2009 (77kb)
Gender Equality Scheme Report 2007 - 2008 (75kb)

The University policies and practices, which are relevant, are as follows:

	Staff	Students
Recruitment and selection	The Code of Practice on staff recruitment.	The Code of Practice on student recruitment is available from the Admissions Office website
Conditions of service or Student Support	The University policies on maternity, paternity, adoption and parental emergency leave can be found on the Personnel Services website. The University supports a number of flexible and home working initiatives. Guidance for staff and Departments can be found on the Personnel Services website.	Student maternity, paternity and adoption leave policy is currently under review and at present is set individually by each college. Contact your Senior Tutor for further advice. After the period of parental leave, part-time study for a degree is normally only possible in some cases of disability. Student parents are encouraged to apply to the Childcare Services Team for support in finding childcare. The OUSU web-site includes information about childcare and funding.
Monitoring	The University carries out training and monitoring to prevent unlawful discrimination. The results of the recruitment monitoring are reported to the Personnel Committee which uses them to design programmes of positive action in recruitment.	The University monitors undergraduate admissions and progression of students by gender and reports these results annually to the Undergraduate Panel of Education Committee. With the introduction of the new Oracle Student System, a similar pattern will be introduced for graduates.
Publishing	The University annual staff statistics can be found: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/figures/	The University publishes its undergraduate admissions statistics annually in The Gazette.