Trans staff and students in HE and colleges: improving experiences

The support of managers and colleagues, staff and fellow students helps to ensure a positive experience for trans people who decide to share their trans history, identity or decision to transition.

We have updated the guidance to reflect our new Guidance on the collection of diversity monitoring data.

*We recognise the significance of the recent Supreme Court’s judgment which holds that the terms ‘man’, ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex. The judgment brings clarity to the definitions while reiterating the protections for trans students and staff, with or without a GRC. We are currently reviewing guidance materials, including this document, to address any changes required as a result of the judgment. Our review will, in turn, be informed by the statutory guidance that the EHRC is currently drafting following the Supreme Court’s judgment.