Promoting Diversity and Equality at Kingston University: Breaking Down The Figures!

From our celebration of Black History, Women's History and LGBT+ Month to our Care Leaver Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, Kingston University aims to promote inclusivity, diversity and equality in both our student commitments and our curriculum.

Our yearly student equality data helps us recognise the challenges and goals we need to establish to ensure strong representation and active participation from those of various backgrounds in the KU student community.

I thought it was a good idea to share some of the 2023 Student Equality Data here, as recognising how our student body looks in terms of diversity now will help us evaluate how far we've improved in the future.

- The KU student body consists of 18,590 students in total, with 4,920 non-UK students.

- Kingston University has a good mix of mature and 'young' students, with mature students making up nearly 46% of the KU student body.

- In terms of ethnicity, students of Asian heritage make up the highest percentage of the student population at around 36%. This is followed by white ethnicities (31%), black ethnicities (19%) and other/mixed backgrounds (12%).

- Religious beliefs are extremely varied at KU - however, students with no religious beliefs make up for around 23% of the university's population, with another 27% of students' beliefs unknown. In terms of known religions, Christians (21%) and Muslims (21%) make up two of the largest groups.

- Around 60% of students identify as being from the female sex, with nearly 40% as male. 0.4% identify as other.

- Around 9% of students have sexual orientations that fall within the LGBTQ+ category, with another 10% unknown.

- 5% of KU students have a learning difficulty, with an additional 9% of students identifying themselves as having other disabilities.

It's important to remember that diversity and inclusivity is an ongoing value at Kingston, with the ultimate hope of creating an environment where students from all backgrounds can both easily progress and succeed in tertiary education.

- Eve (Kingston Rep).

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