The University of Tasmania’s ‘This is Me’ project is a whole-of-system identity transformation designed to ensure staff, students, alumni, contractors and volunteers can have their names, pronouns, titles and gender accurately reflected across university systems. Created in response to gender-diverse staff and students reporting exclusionary and fragmented identity update processes, the project replaces manual, inconsistent workflows with self-service, real-time identity updates across more than 100 IT systems.

Co-designed with lived-experience participants, the project prioritised user dignity and safety over technical convenience. It introduced expanded gender fields, flexible naming structures, preferred name use, custom pronoun options and tighter controls over where sensitive legal identity data is displayed.

‘This is Me’ demonstrates how inclusive digital infrastructure can reduce harm, improve data integrity, strengthen belonging and set a new benchmark for diversity, equity and inclusion in tertiary education.