UCU: The Sullivan Review

Motion

Motion text: This conference notes
1. the “Review on data, statistics and research on sex and gender” targeted
trans and non-binary (TNB) people while excluding them from its research
team
2. the review is outside the author’s expertise and is regarded as not
“independent”
3. the European Court of Justice ruling C-247/23 requiring data to reflect TNB
people’s lived identities
4. the opposition of the overwhelming majority of TNB people
This conference believes
a. all minorities should be fully involved in constructing policy that impacts
them
b. the Review’s imposition of binary gender is incorrect scientifically, is very
similar to the Trump administration’s imposition binary gender categories
and undermines academic freedom
This conference resolves
i. To mandate UCU leadership to work with trans groups in HE to pressure the
DSIT to include TNB groups in producing new data standards relating to sex
and gender
ii. To protect academic freedom in this area.