Our core values
1. Equality
Equality is the state of being equal, especially in terms of status, treatment, and opportunities. It is an autotelic and non-instrumental value which governs relations between individuals and groups of persons (also concerning processes, conditions, and objects), determining the manner of exercising freedoms and rights, and defining the scope of their acceptable limitations.
A prohibition of unequal treatment and discrimination on any grounds (e.g. gender, colour, ethnicity, nationality, religion, creed or lack thereof, belief, degree of ability, age, psychosexual orientation, gender identity, social origin, migration or refugee experience, or economic status, to name the major ones).
2. Diversity
A desirable property of a group comprising people who are different from one another. Considering all aspects of interpersonal differences, treated as a resource that contributes to the fullest realisation of the goals of both individuals and communities. Diversity embodies inclusion, mutual respect, validity for a range of perspectives, and serves as a catalyst for change leading to equality.
3. Inclusivity
Practices or strategies for including people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalised. Actively creating and sustaining an organisational culture that supports and promotes diversity, recognising it as a cognitive and moral value. Through inclusion efforts, we ensure that everyone has the possibility to reach their goals and realise their potential, regardless of their background and circumstances; this can be achieved through diverse representation in all activities.
4. Respect
It concerns our relationship to other people and implies treating each person as one endowed with dignity, unique, autonomous, and valuable, who must be morally recognised and who must never be treated merely as a means (an object) to achieve an end. The inherent and inalienable dignity of the human person is a source of freedoms and rights. It is inviolable and its respect is subject to legal and moral protection.
5. A community perspective
An orientation towards achieving the good of the group rather than solely the individual. A focus on creating and nurturing positive relationships with others, shaping in this spirit academic attitudes and the social responsibility of the university’s social contacts. Characteristics of a community are caring, sensitivity, support, as well as offering and receiving support to one another.