Equal Rights in the Education Sector
Equal rights are a key priority for Unite and we are
committed to promoting equality and advancing the interests and
improving the working conditions of members irrespective of age,
gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, creed or
disability.
Equal Rights Sector
Unite has an active equal rights sector that works across
the union to coordinate and inform every sector's equality work.
The equal rights sector website contains a large amount of
resources, contacts and information on equal rights
issues.
Click here to visit
the Equal Rights Sector website.
JNCHES Equality Forum
In addition to the work done by the wider union the
Education Sector also tackles the equalities agenda through the
JNCHES Equality Forum.
The current Unite representative on this committee is:
Sara Warburton -
Regional Officer
Equality Challenge Unit
Unite also works closely with the Equality Challenge Unit.
The Equality Challenge Unit supports the higher education
sector in its mission to realise the potential of all staff and
students whatever their race, gender, disability, sexual
orientation, religion or age, to the benefit of those individuals,
higher education institutions and society.
Equality Challenge Unit was established in 2001 to promote
equality for staff employed in the higher education sector. Its
role was expanded in 2006 to cover equality and diversity issues
for students as well as staff.
The Unit is funded by Universities UK, GuildHE, the Higher
Education Funding Council for England, the Higher Education Funding
Council for Wales and the Department for Employment and Learning in
Northern Ireland. The Scottish Funding Council also funds the Unit
to collaborate with Equality Forward in Scotland.
Click here to visit the Equality Challenge
Unit's website.
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Click here to read the JNCHES report.
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Click here to read the JNCHES guidance.
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Click here for general Unite resources on Equal Rights.
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Click here to visit the Equality Challenge Unit's publications and guidance website.
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Click here to read the JNCHES report.
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Click here to read the JNCHES guidance.
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Click here to read the JNCHES guidance.
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Click here for a link to the UCEA website.
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Click here for the Race Equality Toolkit in Welsh.
