MORE than three-quarters of LGBT+ staff have considered leaving higher education in the face of “widespread discrimination,” according to a report published yesterday.

Released by the University and College Union (UCU), the study suggests that 30 per cent have experienced homophobic language and that 29 per cent believe promotion criteria negatively impacts LGBT+ workers. 

Titled Challenging LGBT+ Exclusion in UK Higher Education, it presents findings from a pilot survey carried out by the union with the Sussex, Kent, Essex and Glasgow Caledonian universities.