Useful weblinks

 This page contains a collection of useful web links related to recruitment.

General

• Equality Challenge Unit 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.
• Commission for Equality and Human Rights brings together the Equal Opportunities Commission, Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission into one body which aims to promote equality within society and eliminate discrimination.
• Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has a variety of downloadable booklets related to recruitment and induction.
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formally the DTi ) has a useful section on matters relating to various aspects of employment.
• Trade Union Congress – Equality pages . Provides a variety of user friendly advice on the areas of Diversity and promoting work life balance.
• Tribunals Service: Employment.

Gender

• Promoting gender equality in the workplace http://www.opportunitynow.org.uk/ 
• Promoting women and work. The government equalities office has useful information on this subject.
• Gender Trust offers information and support to transsexuals,as well as management guidelines for the employment of transsexuals.

Sexual orientation

• Promoting equality http://www.stonewall.org.uk/

Religion

• Interfaith calendar providing primary sacred times for world religions.

Age

• Age positive, focus on potential skills and ability not age http://www.agepositive.gov.uk/
• Employers forum on age http://www.efa.org.uk/
• For code of practice on age
• The Campaign Against Age Discrimination in Employment
• The Age and Employment Network: TAEN The Age and Employment Network is an independent charity expert in Age and Employment.
• Age concern – have sub section related to discrimination law.

Disability

• Access to work provides practical advice and support to disabled people and their employers to help overcome work related obstacles resulting from disability. As well as giving advice and info rmation to disabled people and employers, AtW pays a grant, through the Jobcentre Plus, towards any extra employment costs which result from disability.
• Employers Forum on Disability
• Techdis looks at aspects of technology and disability across the futher and higher education sectors.
• Disability ASSIST Services (DAS) - A guidance and audit tool to support inclusive teaching, learning and assessment environments for students with disabilities. ‘SENDA compliance in Higher Education; and audit and guidance tool for accessible practice within the framework of teaching and learning’.
• RADAR the disability network is a national network of disability organisations and disabled people.

 Information on specific disabilities

• University students with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome
• National Autistic Society
• Royal National Institute for the Deaf – see also their resource ‘teaching strategies to use with deaf students in higher education’
• demonstrations of British Sign Language
• British Dyslexia Association
• Student mental health This is a Manual produced under a HEFCE funded project at Lancaster University (2000 -2002) dedicated to the dissemination of good practice in supporting students with mental health difficulties.www.studentmentalhealth.org.uk/
• Mental Health Charity
• Royal National Institute of the Blind