This page contains a variety of useful EDI resources for both Faculty staff and students.
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Maynooth University's EDI related policies, networks and organisations
EDI Project: Parents and Carers
Employee Wellbeing at Maynooth University
The Office of the Vice President for Equality & Diversity
Speak Out Reporting Tool
Occasional Staff Policies
University Tutor Policy
Protection of Staff against Workplace Bullying, Harassment & Sexual Harassment
Race Equality in Maynooth
Intersectionality
Maynooth University Access Programme (MAP)
Gender Identity and Expression Policy
Equality and Diversity Policy
Carer's Leave Policy
Parental Leave Policy
Parents Leave Policy
Maternity Leave Policy
Sabbatical Leave Scheme
Career Break Scheme
Shorter Working Year Scheme
Job Sharing Scheme
Blended Working Arrangements
Maynooth University Athena SWAN
Complaints
MU Student Complaints Procedure
MU Speak Out Reporting Tool
Office of the Ombudsman
Office of the Ombudsman for Children (for complainants under 18 years of age)
Other relevant Maynooth University webpages
HEA - Equal Access to Higher Education for All
Maynooth University Stratefic Plan 2023-28
Maynooth University Strategic Plan 2018-22
Collection of HR Policies
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
HEA - Centre of Excellence for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Advance HE - Diversity Principles Framework
Employment Equality
British Council - Race, Ethnicity and Change in Higher Education
Sex and Gender- Helpful Terms and Definitions
LGBTQ+ Vocabulary Glossary of Terms
Statement by the National Athena SWAN Ireland Intersectionality Working Group on the Use of Ethnicity Categories in Irish Higher Education (May 2020)
The Experience of Discrimination in Ireland: Evidence from Self-Report Data (2010) by Laurence Bond, Frances McGinnity, Helen Russell (Ed.)
How can and should University leadership deliver greater inclusion? (2019) by Jason Arday
Gender Equality
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
EIGE - Benefits of gender equality
EIGE - Sexism at work: how can we stop it?
European Commission - Gender Equality Strategy: Striving for a Union of equality
Accelerating Gender Equality in Irish Higher Education Institutions – Gender Action Plan 2018-2020
HEA - Gender Equality
National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) - National Women’s Strategy and Action Plan 2017-2020
SAGE Charter of Principles for Gender Equality
Advance HE - Onwards and Upwards? Tracking women’s work experiences in higher education Year 5 report
HEA National Committee for Gender Equality Statement on the COVID-19 pandemic and gender equality in Irish higher education
National Geographic - Gender Revolution (Januray 2017 Issue)
Race Equality
National Action Plan Against Racism
HEA - Race Equality
Advance HE The Tackling Racism Diagnostic Tool
Sexual Harassment and Workplace Bullying
Government of Ireland - Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive - Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions
HEA - Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions
IUA - Guidance for Universities - How to Respond to Alleged Staff or Student or University Related Sexual Misconduct
Disability and Accessibility
National Access Plan - A Staregic Action Plan fpe Equity of Access, Participation and Success in Higher Education 2022-2028
HEA - Accessibility
HEA Access Policy
AHEAD - Creating Inclusive Environments in Education and Employment for People with Disabilities
Inclusion Ireland - The National Association for People with an Intellectual Disability
Ireland's National Autism Charity
Disability Federation of Ireland
Irish Sign Language
AHEAD Report on Students with Disabilities Engaged with Support Services in Higher Education in Ireland for the academic period 2020/21
AHEAD Journal - Implementing Website Accessibility Standards in Higher Education – Lessons Learnt
Making Academia More Accessible (2018) by Nicole Brown, Paul Thompson and Jennifer Leigh
Flexible working
EIGE - Digitalisation and the future of work
HEA - Part-time And Flexible Higher Education in Ireland
IUA - “A Student is a Student is a Student”: a Position Paper on Part-Time/ Flexible Study in Irish Higher Education
Workplace Relations Commission - Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Disconnect
Timewise - How to make a success of hybrid working
Caring responsibilities
EIGE - Gender equality and long-term care at home
Family Carers Ireland
Young Carers’ Experiences and Access to Supports in Ireland
WRC - Carer's leave
Maternity leave
WRC - Maternity leave
AdvanceHE - Pregnancy, maternity and parental leave
EPA - Policy on maternity, paternity, parent's and adoptive leave
THE Times Higher Educattion - Breaking barriers for women: how to build effective parental leave
Work-Life Balance
Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023
Delay or schedule sending email messages in Outlook for Windows
Health and Wellbeing
Government of Ireland - Healthy Workplace Framework
HEA - Heath and Wellbeing
Health and Safety Authority - Workplace Health and Well-Being Strategy
HSE - Workplace Health and WellbeingUnit
Inspire Wellbeing
Menopause
Ibec - Fertility and Menopause
HEA - A study of the impact of the menopause on careers of a sample of women working in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Ireland
Education Authority - Menopause Workplace Policy
AdvanceHE - Menopause awareness and higher education - guidance
Menopause Centre of Excellence
Wellness Warrior
Menopause in the Workplace Policy Framework
'A perfect storm': Autistic experiences of menopause and midlife (2024)
Autism research is ‘all about the blokes and the kids’: Autistic women breaking the silence on menopause (2021)
‘When my autism broke’: A qualitative study spotlighting autistic voices on menopause (2020)
Trans-Inclusivity
Genny Beemyn; Dot Brauer (2015) Trans-Inclusive College Records: Meeting the Needs of an Increasingly Diverse US Student Population. TSQ (2015) 2 (3): 478–487.
Brauer, D. (2017). Complexities of Supporting Transgender Students’ Use of Self-Identified First Names and Pronouns. College and University, 92(3), 2-6,8-13.
Pryor, J. T. (2015). Out in the Classroom: Transgender Student Experiences at a Large Public University. Journal of College Student Development, 56(5), 440–455.
Russell, S. T., Pollitt, A. M., Li, G., & Grossman, A. H. (2018). Chosen Name Use Is Linked to Reduced Depressive Symptoms, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicidal Behavior Among Transgender Youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63(4), 503–505.
Steadman, S. (2021). “That Name Is Dead to Me”: Reforming Name Change Laws to Protect Transgender and Nonbinary Youth. University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 55(55.1), 1.