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Gay By Degree 2013
Stonewall today publishes its third, annual guide to the UK’s most gay-friendly universities. Gay By Degree profiles the UK’s 150 universities by their gay-friendly credentials, offering advice about choosing a university, finance, accommodation and the application process, as well as information about different career options.
The guide uses ten criteria to identify how well universities support gay people, including whether they have a policy to tackle homophobic bullying, whether there are societies and events for lesbian, gay and bisexual students, and whether they support gay staff effectively. Coming out top in the rankings are London’s UCL and the Universities of Aberystwyth and Portsmouth – all of which scored ten out of ten marks for the second year running. They’re joined this year by Liverpool John Moores University and the Universities of Cardiff, Glasgow and Salford.Gay By Degree 2013 is now online at www.gaybydegree.org.uk – people who register to use the site, which is free to access, can build up shortlists of universities so they can compare their options. Current students can also register to share information about their experiences. This year the guide’s website has been optimised for mobile devices so prospective students can use it wherever they are.
Stonewall Head of Education Wes Streeting said: “For the third year running, Stonewall’s Gay By Degree is the only place where gay prospective students can find everything they need to know about their options in one place online, wherever they are. Finding a good uni is challenging, and we’re delighted to be there to help people make their choice. This year we also hope current students use the guide as a way to encourage universities to improve what they’re doing to support gay people.”
Posted: 22 June 2012
