Dear All,
We have had an interesting query from one of our academic colleagues regarding the
attendance of compulsory Saturday workshops for part-time postgraduate students (ie
CIPD and MA HRM students) and how this may pose problems for devout Jewish
students. This may also apply to visiting lecturers who attend some development
sessions on Saturdays.
We are committed to embracing diversity and promoting equality and wish to enter
into the spirit as well as the letter of the law on prohibiting any kind of discrimination on
the grounds of religion or belief.
I was wondering if any other colleagues had had similar queries and how they had
dealt with them? Clearly, there is a need to make reasonable adjustments and offer
alternatives, but we are often dealing with very large courses and student numbers
and you can all imagine the sheer logistics of organising separate sessions for part-
students.
Any advice would be most welcome!
With best wishes
Fehmeeda
Fehmeeda Riaz
Employee Relations Adviser (Diversity)
University of Westminster
HR Department
9-18 Euston Centre
Tel: 0207-911-5776
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