LGBT Staff and Students in Business Schools:
Exploring Best Practice and Research

19 January 2017, Trinity House Chapel, De Montfort University, Leicester

In some respects, universities have been leaders in supporting LGBT issues, especially with respect to students. This has not always fed through to universities' own HR practices, and at least anecdotally, business schools fare quite poorly in this respect. There is no quantitative data to analyse how LGBT faculty progress relative to heterosexual colleagues, although there is gradually some qualitative analysis of how they operate and succeed within heteronormative organisations.

This workshop will explore the experiences of LGBT faculty, consider the academic research on the topic, and learn best practices from other sectors. The session will also consider how business schools prepare their students to work in diverse workplaces. This could be of interest for any institution considering becoming Athena SWAN accredited.

Speakers include:

Professor Sharon Mavin, Director of Roehampton Business School and Chair, Chartered ABS Diversity Impact Working Group (Chair)

Dr Mustafa B. Ozturk, Lecturer in Management, Queen Mary University of London

Professor Marianne W. Lewis
Dean, Cass Business School, City University of London

Professor Nick Rumens, Professor of Human Resource Management, Portsmouth Business School.

Professor Dominic Shellard,
Vice-Chancellor, De Montfort University

Professor Frances Bowen, Head of School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London

Professor Ahu Tatli, Professor of International Human Resource Management, Queen Mary University of London

Mark Williams, Student, Edge Hill University

Professor Helen Woodruffe-Burton,
Director of the Business School, Edge Hill University

Professor Dana Brown, Principal, Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University

Leng Montgomery, LGBT inclusion specialist, Stonewall

Programme

10:00 Registration and refreshments
10:30 Welcome and introduction
Professor Sharon Mavin, Director of Roehampton Business School and Chair, Chartered ABS Diversity Impact Working Group (Chair)
10:40 Personal experience and the De Montfort University approach to LGBT issues for both staff and students
Professor Dominic Shellard, Vice Chancellor, De Montfort University
11:10 A student's experience
Mark Williams, Student, Edge Hill University
11:35 Countering heteronormativity
Professor Helen Woodruffe-Burton, Director of the Business School, Edge Hill University
Dr Mustafa B. Ozturk, Lecturer in Management, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Ahu Tatli, Professor of International Human Resource Management, Queen Mary University of London
12:25 Lunch
13:20 What business schools can learn from other sectors
Leng Montgomery, LGBT Inclusion Specialist, Stonewall
14:00 An American approach
Professor Marianne W. Lewis, Dean, Cass Business School, City University of London
14:35 Break
14:55 How can we equip our students to work in a diverse workplace?
Professor Frances Bowen, Head of School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Nick Rumens, Professor of Human Resource Management, Portsmouth Business School
15:40 Open exchange of approaches and issues
Facilitated by: Professor Dana Brown, Principal, Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University
16.00 Close

Who should attend?

Business school academics and professional staff with a personal, professional and/or institutional interest in diversity issues within business schools and higher education. Those with a professional interest may include:

  • Deans
  • Associate Deans
  • Directors
  • HR Directors
  • Chief Operating Officers
  • Professional Managers
  • Equality & Diversity Managers and Officers
  • Those nominated by their institution to attend

Venue

Trinity House Chapel
The Newarke
De Montfort University
Leicester
LE2 7BY

Fees and Enquiries

1 delegate: £175

2 delegates (25% off on 2nd person): £305

Group bookings save 25% on each additional delegate.

Please note: This workshop is for members only. Not sure if your institution is a member? Check here.

If you have any queries, please contact Luis Belmonte on luis.belmonte@charteredabs.org or 020 7634 9583.