Removing labels at Ramadan

Did you know that it takes just seven seconds to build a prejudice based on someone's appearance? This year at Ramadan, Coke invited six strangers to meet in the dark. See what they discovered and how it changed the way they see the world. And while we are reflecting on this year’s Ramadan, how well did you support your staff?

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School’s Out

Stonewall’s latest research into the experiences of lesbian, gay, bi and trans students has been published. While there is much to celebrate, there is still much left to do. What are the experiences of your lesbian, gay, bi and trans students?

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Publishing your Pay Gap

The Department for Education (DfE) has published its gender pay gap figures, and these compare favourably to the UK’s national average gender pay gap, which is 18.1%. How does your pay gap compare? And what actions have you taken to reduce the gap?

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Delivering the Prevent duty in a proportionate and fair way

Are you concerned that actions taken to comply with the Prevent duty could pose risks to your requirement to give ‘due regard’ to advancing equality, tackling prejudice and fostering good relations, the three aims or the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)? Have you assessed the impact of your Prevent policies, practices and action plan against the requirements of the PSED? Did you know that new guidance explains how you might go about this?

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Dates for your diaries

Actively promoting equality, diversity and British values is an essential part of your journey to outstanding and beyond – to be the ‘best of the best’. Ofsted expect outstanding colleges to place the promotion of British values ‘at the heart’ of all that they do, which means taking a whole-college approach to this agenda. By popular demand, I am delivering an intensive, interactive national workshop on ‘Outstanding practice in promoting British values, taking a whole-college approach’.

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