Taking the lead in E&D

Do you have a lead role in E&D in your organisation? How confident are you on the requirements of the Equality Act 2010? For example, would you know what types of discrimination can be justified and what types cannot? What the main applications of the Act are for education providers? What the 11 key requirements of the specific duties of the Public Sector Equality Duty are (12 if you live in Wales)? Would new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission help?

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Seeing outside the E&D ‘box’

Most of us do not fit neatly into just one or even two or three E&D ‘boxes’. We recognise that aspects of our identity, cultural heritage and social circumstances are not mutually exclusive entities but instead interact. Do your staff appreciate that this intersectionality approach to equality and diversity has significance for colleges wanting to close equality gaps? Would new guidance help?

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Are you using positive action to address gender segregated apprenticeships?

Did you know that positive action is chronically under-utilised, which in turn is acting as a barrier to addressing the under-representation of women within certain apprenticeships such as engineering and construction? Did you know that part of the reason for this is confusion on between positive action and positive discrimination? Would new guidance help?

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