Governance & management related Your questions

What is the Disability Equality Implementation Group?

How do we ask about health and disability on applications?

How should our institution ask about health and disability on job application forms?

Can we keep our minimum age for student entrance?

Will we be able to retain our minimum age for student entrance (mostly 17 or 18 years old)?

What is the Heyday case?

Should institutions monitor data on religion and belief?

How do we manage conflicts of freedom between individuals' rights concerning sexual orientations and religion and belief?

How can we monitor gender identity?

My university would like to start monitoring the number of trans staff and students but I’m not sure which monitoring categories to use. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) asks us to collect gender data on male, female and ‘indeterminate’ staff and students – is this the same as trans?

What makes a good Race Equality Policy?

What makes an appropriate and effective institutional Race Equality Policy?

What's the difference between the RRA 1976 and the Amendment Act 2000?

What is the difference between the requirements on institutions of the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000?

What's the difference between the General and Specific Duties of the RRA?

What is the difference between the General and Specific Duties of the Race Relations Act, and how can institutions ensure the best response to the requirements of these duties?

With only a small gap in pay within grades, do we now have equal pay at my university?

We've done a job evaluation review and an equal pay review, and find only a small gap between men's and women’s pay in jobs across similar grades. Does that mean we now have equal pay between men and women?

Does UK law cover disabled people from overseas?

Does our institiution need to consider the requirements of disabled people working, studying and using the services of our HEI, even when they are non-UK nationals?

What are competence standards and how can we avoid discrimination?

What are competence standards and how can institutions ensure they do not directly discriminate against disabled students?

How can we manage disability leave and disability-related sickness?

What are disability leave and disability-related sickness and how can they be managed in the context of our other leave and sickness absence policies?

How does disability equality legislation apply to higher education institutions?

How are we affected by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?

Does the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have any consequences for higher education institutions?