External Links

On this page you will find links to the websites of external organisations that deal with equality related issues:

  • Office of the Independent Adjudicator 
    The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education operates an independent student complaints scheme and the service is free to students.
  • Unison 
    Unison is Britain and Europe's biggest public sector union with more than 1.3 million members.
  • University and College Union 
    The UCU is the largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK.
  • Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Services (ACAS) 
    ACAS is an organisation that works with employers and employees to solve problems, including equality-related issues.
  • The Women and Equalities Unit
    The unit is part of the Office for Equality and Opportunity. They lead work on policy relating to gender equality, LGBT+ people and the overall framework of equality legislation in the UK.
  • Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) 
    The EHRC promotes and monitors human rights and protects, enforces and promotes equality across the nine “protected” grounds – age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation and gender reassignment.
  • Equality Commission Northern Ireland (ECNI) 
    The Equality Commission is an independent public body which oversees equality and discrimination in Northern Ireland.

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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