UoG wins Culture and Diversity Award at annual regional business awards

University of Gloucestershire has won a regional business award to celebrate and recognise its positive work in creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for its staff and student community.

The University was named the winner of the Culture and Diversity Award at the C2S Regional Business Awards 2024, which highlight individuals and organisations that have achieved excellence in business and demonstrated innovative thinking and best practice.

The Culture and Diversity Award won by the University celebrates ‘organisations that have developed cultures where diversity and inclusion are at the heart of their business and values, embracing the benefits of a truly diverse workforce.’

Clare Peterson, the University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, said: “We’re proud to have won the Culture and Diversity Award at the C2S Regional Business Awards 2024 in recognition of our continuing work to foster a learning and working environment in which everyone at UoG feels valued.

“Supported by colleagues, we have developed a robust equity, diversity, and inclusion strategy, ‘Belonging’, that supports us to be a place where the diversity of our community is valued, setting our focus on creating a culture of inclusion where staff and students feel they belong, including through our achievement as a Disability Confident Leader.

“Across the University, interventions to garner greater inclusion are designed, implemented, and evaluated by staff, from developing curriculum and pedagogy that reflects the diversity of our student community, to buildings that are inclusive and accessible by design.”

The University has been reaccredited as a Disability Confident Leader, as part of the national Disability Confident scheme developed by employers and disabled people.

Image: left to right, Richard Arthur, MD of Hooray Recruitment who presented the award; Lisa Brinicombe, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor; Clare Peterson, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager; Dr Charles Afriyie, Senior Lecturer in Accounting; Alex Cottrell, Head of External Relationships