This week we have published our Gender Pay Gap Report 2023 and it is now available to view on our website. We are pleased to report that our mean gender pay gap has decreased again and now sits at 9.3%, a further reduction of 1.4% from our 2022 figure. This is the lowest mean pay gap for the university since reporting began in 2017.
As a public sector employer of 250 or more employees, the university is required to publish statutory calculations, highlighting the pay gap between our male and female employees on 30 March annually. In 2023, we drew down the relevant data earlier in the compliance cycle and formulated localised reports for the four main contributors to our current pay gap. This has afforded key stakeholders allocated time to review their own data, consider improvement initiatives, budgetary requirements and resources to reduce their specific pay gaps.
We have shared the headline figures with our Senior People Business Partners to work collaboratively with stakeholders to understand their particular pay gap positioning and to outline the key information relating to their initial ideas, actions and interventions that underpin the elimination of the mean gender pay gap by 2030 (University Strategy KPI). We aspire to continue this cycle of reporting, with the ambition of earlier publication to achieve compliance.
In addition, we will continue to implement our sector-leading EDI initiatives to support our ambition, and the university remains committed to:
- Closing other Pay Gaps (Disability, Ethnicity and LGBT+) within the same time frame as part of ‘This Is Our Time’ 2030 Strategy.
- Encouragement of applications to Aurora Leadership Programme and other allied leadership programmes such as the Southeast Action Learning programme.
- Working with the wider institution providing further support with evolving initiatives such as Athena Swan Accreditation, BAME Leadership Programme ‘LEAP’, Menopause Friendly Accreditation, Tech Talent Charter etc., addressing formal structural and process inequalities.
- Reviewing benefits and rewards as outlined within the People Enabling Strategy
All previous gender pay gap reports can be viewed on our website.
