To ask what policy your Uni has on women's spaces?

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Those of you who have recent work or study experience.

Would you mind listing institution names and their policies?

NC if you need to of course.

What's a woman's space?

Toilets, locker rooms or similar.

I dont go to uni. Havent ever been.

But am really interested if any offer this and how they do it.

I graduated 3 years ago so not really sure how relevant my experience is. We had male and female toilets and male and female changing rooms and a few toilets for everyone in the library. Why the interest of you don't mind me asking?

Im way too old to be at University,but I was at an event at Cardiff University SU and they have male, female and unisex toilets.

Thanks cardi. Any recent information like that is great.

Angry I'm wondering how student politics is translating into actual facilities and policies and whether there's any pattern to it (regional, institution type, student profile).

Sports facility info. Birmingham university new gym place. Swimming has a " changing village " so all unisex cubicles.

This is about trans isn't it?

Thanks Helen.

It's about women's spaces hasitcome, as per the OP.

I would be quite happy to tell you, but it feels like you'd use it against universities in some kind of anti-trans campaign that would cause undue stress and potentially cost to university and student union administrations.

Obviously if that's not the plan then sure I'll tell you, I go to UEA.

Few years back (2008-2011) but my UL college had a row on their hands over the installation of a unisex loo in the Union. I think it was phased out by popular demand after a rumoured sexual assault in there. We were a very predominantly female college and the consensus was that female only space should be protected.

No that's not the plan Loops. I have plenty of sympathy with uni management.

Was it unisex as the only facility DSHathaway?

I'm guessing this is somewhere very Bloomsbury?

Your enquiring about women's space because you are concerned about the encroachment of men (aka 'transwomen') into those spaces, Serf? Your name isn't subtle.

Or you are just asking for idle curiosity?

If I had no idea, I'd expect "male, female and unisex" to be the obvious answer for institutions to go for has. Wouldn't you?

At my university, 25 years ago, there were no gendered bathrooms/toilets. Because they all had locks on the door. Actually, that's not quite true. There were some incredibly smelly male urinals in the basement.

London Metropolitan University - toilets are male and female. The disabled-access toilets are unisex but are self-contained single units with their own sinks.

I didn't use the sports facilities so can't comment on those.

Wouldn't I what serf?

You are enquiring as part of your interest in transgender activism, Serf. Why not just be open about if.

Thanks bridget and another.

I'm interested as my daughter wants to go next year I can't protect her I need to know she can be safe

You're not alone in that either Abbi.

abbs I promise that wherever your daughter goes she will be just as safe as any other student at any other university. However, do ask the pertinent questions re: campus sexual assault, my uni worked very hard with student support services and the administration in order to ensure a written policy and staff training by the university regarding management of campus sexual assault. The ability of students to use bathrooms is not a risk, at least where I am.

serf I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt, so I will look up the policies now.

I will explain myself more fully later loops but I'm trying not to taint or influence the answers.

The building did have other single sex facilities but this was the biggest, easiest to find loo. I think (it was a while ago and I was not v involved with uni politics), that it was a large mens room, it got changed to be unisex to be a better use of space and provide M, F and M/F facilities.

It was one of the not-in-london colleges but we had some very Bloomsbury college-esque student politics (a rather famous recent UL poppy day debacle was caused by my ex SU and by this point ULU president).