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Chris Brill's profile
Chris is currently working on disability and age equality issues. Chris also leads on work around the specific duties of the Equality Act 2010, and has previously lead projects on religion and belief and equality data
Prior to joining ECU, Chris Brill worked at the National Autistic Society as a Policy, Parliamentary and Campaigns Intern whilst working part-time at Paddock School as a Special Needs Assistant. In these two roles he gained experience in disability equality issues through various duties; reporting and researching an on-line survey regarding the special needs statementing process, drafting responses to government consultations, producing summaries on various parliamentary sessions and working with a class of autistic children on several facets of their development.
Chris studied Mathematics at Imperial College, focusing on statistical and probability models, before completing a Research Masters in Public Policy and Management at Birkbeck College. Chris completed his dissertation on positive action policies since the Brixton Riot (1981), paying particular reference to the representation of different ethnic groups in staffing levels at the council.
Current activities
- Equality Act 2010 Communications [Project Lead]
- Equality in higher education: Statistical report 2011 [Project Lead]
- Using data to improve the disabled student experience [Project Support]
Publications
- Public sector equality duty: specific duties for England
- The public sector equality duty: specific duties for Wales
- Equality Act 2010: Key actions for the October provisions
- Equality Act 2010: Implications for higher education institutions
- Equality Bill: implications for students' unions
- Equality bill briefing April 2009
- Equality bill: impact on higher education
- Equality bill: briefing on the government response to the consultation
- Equality in higher education: Statistical report 2010
- Equality in higher education: Statistical report 2009
- Introducing heidi equality