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Equality Profile of Staff by Employment Category on 6 February 2026

Staff by Community Background
Community BackgroundAcademic (%) Academic Related  (%)Research
(%)		Clerical
(%)		Technical
(%)		Manual
(%)		University
(%)

Protestant

40.51

45.81

41.03

52.93

51.45

59.52

46.11

Catholic

59.49

54.19

58.97

47.07

48.55

40.48

53.89

Staff by Gender
GenderAcademic
(%)		 Academic Related
(%)		Research
(%)		Clerical
(%)		Technical
(%)		Manual
(%)		University
(%)

Male

50.34

38.05

48.62

16.97

50.94

89.47

42.01

Female

49.66

61.95

51.38

83.03

49.06

10.53

57.99

Staff by Work Pattern
Work PatternAcademic
(%)		 Academic Related
(%)		Research
(%)		Clerical
(%)		Technical
(%)		Manual
(%)		University
(%)

Full-Time

95.61

99.65

96.69

93.68

89.15

86.32

95.73

Part-Time

4.93

0.35

3.31

6.32

10.85

13.68

4.27

Staff by Ethnic Origin
Ethnic OriginAcademic
(%)		 Academic Related
(%)		Research
(%)		Clerical
(%)		Technical
(%)		Manual
(%)		University
(%)

White

88.64

96.75

68.51

96.75

95.28

100.00

92.01

BME*

11.36

3.25

31.49

3.25

4.72

0.00

7.99

*Includes Arab, Caribbean, African, Other Black, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Other Asian, Mixed Race, Irish Traveller and Other.

Staff by Age
AgeAcademic
(%)		 Academic Related
(%)		Research
(%)		Clerical
(%)		Technical
(%)		Manual
(%)		University
(%)

16-25

0.09

0.46

5.52

4.87

3.77

7.37

1.86

26-35

10.84

17.17

44.20

21.84

18.40

16.84

17.29

36-45

28.23

27.50

27.63

21.66

18.87

23.16

25.99

46-55

32.27

35.50

13.81

24.91

22.17

20.00

29.68

56 and above

28.57

19.37

8.84

26.72

36.79

32.63

25.18

Declared Disability
DisabilityAcademic
(%)		 Academic Related
(%)		Research
(%)		Clerical
(%)		Technical
(%)		Manual
(%)		University
(%)

Declared Disabled / Has a long-term Health Condition

6.97

6.50

4.42

10.11

8.02

2.11

7.18

Staff by Marital Status
Marital StatusAcademic
(%)		 Academic Related
(%)		Research
(%)		Clerical
(%)		Technical
(%)		Manual
(%)		University
(%)

Single

19.88

22.62

46.96

32.31

27.83

40.00

25.67

Married/Civil Partnership

60.33

59.63

33.70

49.28

44.81

46.32

55.06

Other

10.33

12.76

11.05

15.52

11.32

5.26

11.09

Not Known

9.46

4.99

8.29

2.89

16.04

8.42

7.37

Staff by Dependants
DependantsAcademic
(%)		 Academic Related
(%)		Research
(%)		Clerical
(%)		Technical
(%)		Manual
(%)		University
(%)

With dependants

48.19

48.26

19.89

39.71

33.96

29.47

43.44

Without dependants

33.05

38.28

39.78

47.29

39.62

47.37

38.39

Not Known

18.76

13.46

40.33

13.00

26.42

23.16

18.17

Staff by Sexual Orientation
Sexual OrientationAcademic
(%)		 Academic Related
(%)		Research
(%)		Clerical
(%)		Technical
(%)		Manual
(%)		University
(%)

Heterosexual

71.34

81.90

64.64

78.88

75.00

70.53

75.51

LGB

4.65

5.10

4.97

6.68

3.77

2.10

5.02

Not Known

24.01

13.00

30.39

14.44

21.23

27.37

19.47