Equal opportunity
To realise our vision of being a prominent and modern university, we need to create the right conditions for anyone to be able to study and work at the university, regardless of their sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
No individual or group shall be excluded, and there shall be zero tolerance for discrimination and harassment at Örebro University.
As a university, we also have an obligation to work with active measures based on the Discrimination Act, as both an employer and a provider of higher education. Our focus is on gender equality and equal rights across Örebro University as a whole. This work includes the content and implementation of teaching and learning, research conditions and career paths as well as our overall management and control processes.
A more gender equal Örebro University will increase the quality of our activities, as the skills, perspectives and contributions of people regardless of sex and gender will be considered and made use of. An equal university will also encourage learning for all students and promote equal opportunities for a potential career at the university.
Our work for gender equality also addresses the task by the government to Örebro University and other higher education institutions to work actively with our plan for gender mainstreaming. The aim is that our activities will contribute to the achievement of the gender equality policy goal that women and men should have the same power to shape society and their own lives. Read more about our plan for gender mainstreaming in the links below.
We also work with other activities for equal opportunities. For example, we endorse and embrace Örebro Pride every year to manifest human rights, and we work actively to increase accessibility for people with disabilities, both regarding facilities, in communication and activities in general.
