Staff by disability

1 in 25 staff declared a disability*

This page provides information on the total number of staff who have declared their disability.

In total, 4% of staff have declared they have a disability. 78% staff declared no known disability, 9% of the data are unknown and the remaining 9% of staff preferred not to answer the question relating to their disability.

Distribution of staff who disclosed a disability

In total, 3% of academic staff, 4% of professional and managerial and 5% of support staff have declared they have a disability.

*Disability is defined under the Equality Act 2010 as a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal daily activities. The list of disability categories is available on the HESA webpage.