{"id":32,"date":"2012-04-27T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2020-01-29T10:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T10:42:25","slug":"about-the-network","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/university-of-kent-lgbt-staff-network\/about-the-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Terms of reference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Kent promotes equality and values diversity and has set up an LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Staff Network that will:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>promote positive attitudes towards LGBT+ people and raise the profile of LGBT+ equality across the university;<\/li>\n<li>promote recognition and awareness of discrimination facing LGBT+ staff and identify ways to address any inequalities;<\/li>\n<li>ensure issues of sexual orientation and gender identity are integrated into the operation of equality and diversity at the University of Kent;<\/li>\n<li>consider the impact of legislation on University of Kent Policies, procedures and practices as they relate to issues of sexual orientation and gender identity;<\/li>\n<li>identify any employment issues, policies, or practices that adversely affect lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) staff;<\/li>\n<li>liaise with other HEIs as necessary with a view to sharing resources and\/or ideas regarding issues of sexual orientation and gender identity;<\/li>\n<li>report on progress to the Equality Promotion Group and other relevant University of Kent committees and groups, as necessary;<\/li>\n<li>act in an advisory role to the University of Kent on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All staff with an interest in this area are welcome to join the group regardless of sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested or would like to discuss further, please contact Julie Bennett by either telephone on 7825 or email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:equalityanddiversity@kent.ac.uk\">equalityanddiversity@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Kent promotes equality and values diversity and has set up an LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Staff Network that will: promote positive attitudes towards LGBT+ people and raise the profile of LGBT+ equality across the university; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/university-of-kent-lgbt-staff-network\/about-the-network\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"parent":2288,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2899,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/2899"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/lgbtstaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}