Equity and Diversity

UWS strives to provide a work and study environment for staff and students that encourages fairness, equity and respect for social and cultural diversity.

What We Do

Equity and Diversity:

• works with students and staff to promote and support equality of opportunity in education and employment at UWS
• provides advice, consultation and information on equity and diversity matters
• provides advice, consultation and information on harassment and discrimination
• oversees the University’s mediation processes
• develops programs to assist groups of people who have been traditionally under-represented in employment and education including women, people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, people with disabilities and people from non-English speaking backgrounds
• runs training and education programs for managers and staff
• monitors and reports to external agencies on the University’s progress in the equal opportunity area including responsibility for the Equal Employment Opportunity Report, the Disability Action Plan, the Ethnic Affairs Policy Statement and the Report to the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workforce Agency
• contributes to UWS’s rating as EOWA Employer of Choice for Women.

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