Thursday 09-01-2025 - 12:18

As part of my manifesto this year, I wanted to our university to be a safe space for all students and staff – both the physical environment and the digital. Over the past few weeks, I realised that a few staff members had a constant “Out of Office” or “Status Message” set up on their Teams accounts to display their pronouns at all times.

This confused me as I was aware that Microsoft had brought in a way to display preferred pronouns on accounts quite a while ago. After doing a bit of research, it turns out that each organisation has to turn this option on for their staff (and students in the case of education providers).

After a quick conversation with our Information Services Department, I am pleased to say all Wrexham University staff and students are now able to display their preferred pronouns if they wish to! This is of course not a compulsory aspect of Teams accounts, but it is there if people would like to use it.

If you would like to add your pronouns to your account, please click here for a step-by-step tutorial on how to do this.

Please note: You may need to restart your Teams account, or log out then log back in for this option to show. 😊
 

                                                            
 

Written by Maisie Head, Students' Union President
Edited by Lauren Hole, Communications & Engagement Coordinator 

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