The Russell Group university has distributed guidance to staff on education and research contracts about how they can rise to become readers or professors.
They are required to submit an application form that runs to eight pages, one of which is titled “inclusion and support” and lists working with groups such as Stonewall as an example of good practice. Other sections cover teaching, research impact and academic leadership.
It has been criticised by one lecturer at the university, who claimed managers were asking him to “campaign on Stonewall’s behalf”.
Guidance from the human resources team at King’s College London on how to fill out the form, with a deadline of January, says: “You should evidence how you create an inclusive environment where colleagues are valued and able to succeed; how you develop themselves and others; and how you communicate in a way that enables people to excel”.
It says academics “should use part five of the promotion application form to detail specific activity undertaken to support the university’s equality, diversity and inclusion ambitions”.
In a list of such examples, the guidance mentions “participating in equality, diversity & inclusion activity such as Athena SWAN, Race Equality and Stonewall LGBTQ groups”.
From a longer Telegraph article reposted on Yahoo so not behind a paywall! https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/king-college-london-tells-academics-171953878.html