Queensland University Omits ‘Merit’ From Hiring Strategy

Selection panels will consider diversity factors including LGBTIQA+, gender and ethnic backgrounds

People walking down the busy Queen Street Mall in the Brisbane CBD in Queensland, Australia on March 29, 2021. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has ditched the word “merit” from its hiring process, due to concerns of “bias.”

The university, instead, “does not want everybody to look the same” and will focus on hiring a diversity of personalities.