Page 7 - Race Equality in Education Pocket Book
P. 7
The Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act was introduced to offer legal protection to those
people with one or more ‘protected characteristics. The protected
characteristics are:
• Age
• Disability
• Gender reassignment
• Marriage and civil partnership
• Pregnancy and maternity
• Race
• Religion or belief
• Sex
• Sexual orientation
In regard to education/work this may mean:
• Paying attention to the needs of learners/staff from diverse
groups within your course design – including an equality
analysis/impact assessment processes in your course/Job
description development is a useful way of ensuring that you
give due consideration to inclusivity and accessibility.
• Making explicit to learners/staff the standards of conduct that
you expect in the way that they interact and dealing promptly
and appropriately with inappropriate behaviour.
• Identifying opportunities within your everyday practice for
learners/staff to work collaboratively in diverse groups.
• Devising creative and respectful ways of using the diverse
experiences of individuals to add value to the learning/working
experience for everyone.
7
