Discrimination occurs when an individual or a group of people are treated less favourably than others based on a protected characteristic such as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership (in employment), pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief (including lack of belief), sex or gender, sexual orientation.  

The University is committed to the principles of promoting equality of opportunity through eliminating discrimination and disadvantage, and recognising the benefits of diversity. Discrimination can be direct, based on association or perception, or indirect.  You can find further details of the types of discrimination on the What is Discrimination page.

 

It’s important if you’ve experienced something distressing or if something is troubling you that you reach out for support.

There are a number of different support services available at Glasgow Caledonian University.
If you need to talk to someone and are a student at the Glasgow campus, the Student Wellbeing Service offers confidential help to students.  If you are a student at GCU London, the  GCU London Student Wellbeing, Counselling and Disabilities service also offer confidential support. 

 
Students and staff at both campuses can also access support through Togetherall (which is a 24/7 support resource available), or explore self-help resources which have been complied by the Student Wellbeing Service for you.  
 

Are you in immediate danger? If you are in immediate danger or seriously injured, you can contact the emergency services on 999 (or 112 from a mobile phone).

Find a safe space.  If an incident has just happened try and find somewhere you feel safe. 

Please note that the services provided by Glasgow Caledonian University, and this report and support system, are not intended to provide urgent crisis support. If you have thoughts of harming yourself or you feel you are at risk of harming others then you need to:

Phone or visit your GP as soon as possible to tell them how you are feeling. To find your local GP, please follow this link.
If your GP surgery is closed, call NHS 24 on 111
OR you can contact

 

You may wish to submit a report to Glasgow Caledonian University about your experience using this platform. By reporting an incident you experience or witness, you could prevent something similar from happening to someone else.

If you’ve been subjected to or have witnessed any form of inappropriate or offensive behaviour, there are two types of reports you can make through Report and Support. You can choose to tell us either anonymously, or by including your name and contact details.

Please note should you decide to submit a report, the Report and Support platform is not designed to receive urgent reports. If you need immediate support or feel in crisis, we have listed several support and emergency services contact details on the GCU Wellbeing webpages you may find helpful.
 

If you do choose to submit a report in Report and Support and supply your details you will be contacted by an advisor who will be able to support you in understanding what the next steps you'd like to take may be - this could include giving you information of specialist support for your experience, or exploring the University Complaints Process. 

Find out more about reporting at the report section of this platform.