We have had similar issues, with Jewish students also on Friday
afternoons. So far we have managed I think to negotiate around a
solution which I could talk about off list.
Susanna.
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From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list
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Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:13 AM
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Subject: Saturday workshops
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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