15 January 2014 at 01:16 PM In the last few decades, significant progress has been made in addressing racism – more learners from ethnic minority backgrounds are progressing to higher education, for example. However, disproportionate numbers of young people from these backgrounds are unemployed and underemployed. Isn’t this a contradiction?
Race 7 January 2014 at 04:17 PM In July 2013, the End Violence Against Women (EVAW) Coalition and The Guardian held a roundtable discussion looking at the relationship between social media and violence against women and girls (VAWG). They specifically explored the way that VAWG is perpetrated via social media, for example the sharing of sexist and misogynistic images on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Gender, Harassment 18 December 2013 at 07:18 AM Do your staff know that the ‘access to work’ scheme now covers work experience placements? The scheme provides financial support towards the extra costs faced by disabled people at work such as support workers, specialist aids and equipment, and travel to work.
Disability 15 December 2013 at 07:16 AM Universities UK recently published guidance that included a hypothetical case study exploring the legal considerations of an external speaker requesting gender segregation in the audience at an event. The case study suggested that voluntary segregation of the audience may be possible, and this caused controversy across the sector and within national media. How would your staff respond to such a request?
Discrimination, Gender, Legal duties 12 December 2013 at 06:29 AM A report from the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) has shown that students get less from their HE experience if they are from a minority ethnic group or a disabled student. This attainment gap widens for mature students. How do your students fare?
Disability, Ethnicity 
