Strategy 2025 | Equity Diversity & Inclusion

Our relationship to the 2025 Strategy

UNSW’s social engagement objectives are integral to the Strategy:

Achieve equality of access for students of all backgrounds
Equality of progression for all staff 
Promote equality and diversity in society

UNSW’s EDI Board meets quarterly to identify and prioritise initiatives to improve equity and inclusion of staff and students and drive the ambitious agenda to be an international exemplar of equity, diversity and inclusion.

Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

Equity, diversity and Inclusion are embedded as central objectives of UNSW’s 10-year strategic plan, the 2025 Strategy. Five initiatives and programs, with measurable outcomes, form the basis of UNSW’s social engagement objectives.

A group of UNSW students in discussion on campus

DIAP 2025

One of the five initiatives outlined by the Strategy 2025 is to implement UNSW’s Disability Action Plan (DIAP). This plan aims to make the learning, working and teaching experience welcome and inclusive for people of all abilities.

A group of friends sitting on a wall laughing

Past EDI Grant Applicants

EDI grants aim to encourage initiatives that enrich UNSW’s culture of equity, diversity and inclusivity. In March 2019, students and staff were given the opportunity to apply for a $5,000 EDI grant.

Facing Equality Photography Exhibition

By combining photographic portraits with thoughts and words from a diverse range of UNSW alumni, this project seeks to encourage all of us to face up to the challenge of equality in our time.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Champions

UNSW Diversity Champions

Passionate individuals who drive change in their respective diversity areas: gender, flexible work, cultural diversity, LGBTIQ+ and disability.

UNSW Diversity Fest

UNSW Diversity Fest 2019 brings students, staff and the wider community together to uplift voices from diverse backgrounds and ignite conversations for a more inclusive society.

UNSW Respect Survey

The UNSW Respect! Survey invited students and staff from 18 April – 17 May 2019 to share their experiences in relation to harassment, bullying, discrimination, sexual misconduct and related topics.