Dear All
Can anyone enlighten us as to the position of Students Union's and Impact
Assessments? Has anyone else included them (or intend to include them) as
part of their university's services when doing Impact Assessments. My gut
reaction is yes; they are an integral part of a public institution and
subject to the same rigours. Yet they are autonomous and largely independent
of a university's structure.
Anyone got any definitive thoughts, actions and reasoning on this !!!!
Thanks
Colin
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From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list
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Sent: 04 October 2004 10:49
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Subject: Re: Saturday workshops
Dear Mannie,
Thank you for your considered and helpful reply.
With best wishes
Fehmeeda
On 4 Oct 2004 at 10:47, Mannie Kusemamuriwo wrote:
Date sent: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:47:44 +0100
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From: Mannie Kusemamuriwo
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> Dear Fehmeeda,
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> In the spirit of ensuring that the institution does what would be deemed
> to be most reasonable and practicable, how about making sure that other
> relevant organizations are involved. Depending on the subject
> denomination, belief or religion, being considered, organizations like
> the Jewish Board of Deputies, the British Muslim Association, the
> Seventh Day Adventist Regional Conference etc, and the appropriate
> commission/s, could be invited to contribute to the debate.
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> The institutional debate will also need to remember to include any other
> relevant groups within the institution itself of-course.
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> It just means that whatever conclusion is reached, will be well informed
> and will also have had the widest inclusion of the relevant stakeholders
> who can/should be involved. It also shows the institution's genuine
> commitment to finding the most reasonable option to take, given all the
> demands that will need to be taken into consideration on the
> institution's, students' and/or staff sides, will be evidently apparent.
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> Given the E&D relevance within which these issues should be dealt with,
> the institution will also able to make a genuine case of having
> implemented the spirit of the E&D legal requirements on its practice,
> should there be a need to do so to anyone.
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> I hope this adds to the ideas that you already have.
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> Regards
> Mannie.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Susanna Hancock
> Sent: 01 October 2004 09:45
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> Subject: Re: Saturday workshops
>
> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fehmeeda Riaz
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:13 AM
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> Subject: Saturday workshops
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Any advice would be most welcome!
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> With best wishes
>
> Fehmeeda
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> Fehmeeda Riaz
> Employee Relations Adviser (Diversity)
> University of Westminster
> HR Department
> 9-18 Euston Centre
> Tel: 0207-911-5776
Fehmeeda Riaz
Employee Relations Adviser (Diversity)
University of Westminster
HR Department
9-18 Euston Centre
Tel: 0207-911-5776
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