EDI in Recruitment and Selection

Advice on implementing equality and diversity for recruitment and selection, including a diversity checklist.

Resources required:

• HR support/agency to create similar statements in your own university.

Available evidence of impact:

• Increased recruitment rates of staff with protected characteristics.
• Career progression.
• Breaking down structural and cultural barriers.
• Reduction in perceived stereotyping.

Links to available resources:

• Equality and diversity in recruitment and selection
• Diversity checklist

Implementation and potential challenges:

• HR support/agency to create similar statements.
• Culture change.
• Legal considerations.

How to Use:

• Prioritise EDI within HR policy in your department.
• Commitment at institutional levels.
• Interview panel receive unconscious bias and race equality training.
• EDI statements read out at start of interviews.