Decision date
13 February 2026
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Judge
Employment Judge Broughton
Case Summary
The claimant brought claims of direct discrimination on the grounds of race and/or religion against the University of Nottingham in relation to not being shortlisted and not being selected for the position of Assistant Professor in Physics and Astronomy. The tribunal found the claims of discrimination in the shortlisting and reserve list stages to be well founded, but dismissed the claim of discrimination in the final selection.
Why this outcome?
One claim dismissed on the meritsThe tribunal found that the university discriminated against the claimant on grounds of race and/or religion in the shortlisting and reserve list stages, making those claims well founded, but determined that the final selection decision was not discriminatory and therefore dismissed that element of the claim.
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- •shortlisting
- •selection process
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Case Details
Hearing venue
Decided at Nottingham Employment Tribunal →- Case No.
- 2600124/2022
- Tribunal
- Employment Tribunal
- Level
- First instance
- Decision
- 13 February 2026
- Published
- 4 March 2026
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Broughton
- Representation
- Litigant in person