SEEN on Campus Constitution
Who are we?
SEEN on Campus is a network for University and Higher Education employees who are committed to promoting sex equality and equity between women and men in Universities and Higher Education organisations within the United Kingdom.
We have no political, ideological, religious or organisational affiliation.
Membership is open to employees from Universities and Higher Education organisations in the UK who share our aims and guiding principles. There is an application process to become a member and all members must agree to uphold the Member Rules.
A mailing list is available for anyone who would like to receive occasional emails with updates, resources and opportunities to take action.
Our aims
The aims of SEEN on Campus are to:
- promote sex equality and equity between women and men so that all can thrive at work and fulfill their potential;
- highlight unlawful sex discrimination within Universities and Higher Education organisations;
- uphold sex-based rights;
- uphold the rights of same-sex attracted people;
- tackle stereotypes about women and men; and
- support staff to set up networks within their organisations or regional area.
We recognise that ensuring sex equality and equity sometimes requires treating women and men differently, according to their rights and needs.
Our four guiding principles
- We are committed to supporting University and Higher Education employees to uphold the sex-based rights which support women and men’s rights and needs at work, including the protected characteristics of sex, pregnancy and maternity and sexual orientation set out in the Equality Act 2010; and ensuring that these rights are balanced against other rights, where lawful and necessary.
- We are committed to helping University and Higher Education employees feel confident to exercise their rights under the European Convention of Human Rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and association, provided they manifest their rights lawfully and respectfully.
- We are committed to the protected belief (covered by the protected characteristic of religion and belief in the Equality Act 2010) that biological sex is binary and immutable, that biological sex matters for both women and men in our everyday lives including for our rights and needs in the workplace, and that biological sex must not be conflated with the concepts of gender or gender identity. University and Higher Education staff who hold this protected belief must not be marginalised, disadvantaged or discriminated against.
- We are committed to helping Universities and Higher Education organisations ‘foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not’, by encouraging a diversity of voices and open and respectful dialogue and tolerance between those with differing beliefs and experiences.
Governance and decision making
The Steering Committee determines SEEN on Campus’s aims and principles, and directs the network’s activities and business, including member sign-up and engagement.
The Steering Committee will agree and review the aims and principles decision-making processes, governance and structure as needed.
Co-chairs will be appointed by the Steering Committee for an initial term of 1 year. Succession is encouraged and will be supported. Prospective co-chairs should be existing and active members of the Steering Committee.
Steering committee meetings:
- Meetings will be chaired by a co-chair on a rotating basis, as agreed between the co-chairs.
- The quorum for any meeting of the Steering Committee will be 50% of the members.
- The Steering Committee will decide how often meetings should take place and how network planning should be organized.
Should any funding be made available to the network, it will be used to support SEEN on Campus’s aims and principles, as decided by the Steering Committee.
As the network grows, the Steering Committee will seek to increase the number of Steering Committee members with the necessary skillsets, and interviews will be conducted with interested candidates.
Roles and specialisms within SEEN on Campus will evolve on the basis of need and by identifying and utilising members’ specific talents, skills and interests. Oversight of any working groups or subcommittees will remain with the Steering Committee.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Any personal information we hold about members is supplied by members themselves. We use this information only to communicate with SEEN on CAMPUS business to members and send out newsletters or blogs. Information is stored securely and we never share any details of network members with any third parties.
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