I agree - this is the terminology we used too.

Felicity 

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Subject: Re: Race equality policy or scheme? Advice from the CRE

At York we called our document a Race Equality Policy and Action Plan. It now
needs updating but it was seen as suitable in the HEFCE review of policies at
the time and I don't remember any such hair-splitting debate about titles back
then. So I don't know why we've been given that guidance all of a sudden.

Yvie Holder

On Oct 13 2006, Anthony Houldsworth wrote:

> Following on from the misleading advice from the CRE about alleged 
> discriminatory advertisements some weeks ago are we really surprised 
> about this response? It is as usual as clear as mud.
> I'm certainly not convinced it was cut and paste gone awry. Should we 
> therefore be reassured that the current Chair of the CRE will soon be 
> taking the helm of the CEHR?
> 
>  
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> >>> [log in to unmask] 10/13/06 12:58 PM >>>
> Dear all,
>  
> Thanks to Tony for forwarding this.  Of interest, certainly, though 
> since you can't insert a hair between the CRE's definitions of "policy"
> and "scheme" in their response, I have a hunch that this was something 
> of a cut-and-paste affair gone a bit awry.  As for their rationale,
> however, who exactly do they think will be "confused"?   
> 
> Regards,
> Faith
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> Faith Marchal
> HR Consultant - Diversity
> Anglia Ruskin University
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> What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would 
> smell as sweet.
> William Shakespeare 1564-1616: Romeo and Juliet (1595) 
>   -- Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A.F.OShea" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 11:20 AM
> Subject: Race equality policy or scheme? Advice from the CRE
> 
> 
> Colleagues
> 
> For any HEI considering publishing a 'race equality scheme' as opposed 
> to a 'race equality policy', the advice from the Commission for Racial 
> Equality below will be of interest.  The original question to the CRE 
> is also included below.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tony O'Shea
> Policy Officer for Equality and Diversity The Open University Tel. 
> 01908 858073 Email. [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: info info [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: 12 October 2006 10:10
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: re: Race Equality Policy
> 
> Dear Tony
> 
> Thank you for your e-mail to the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE). I
> would like to apologise for the delay in responding to you.
> 
> The CRE would recommend that your race equality policy be called a race
> equality policy and not a race equality scheme or be known as a race
> equality policy within a race equality scheme. This is because a race
> equality policy and a race equality scheme are two different things and
> for an educational institution to call their race equality policy a
> scheme would be confusing.
> 
> As well as the general statutory duty to promote race equality, certain
> public authorities in England, Wales and Scotland are also bound by
> specific duties.
> 
> One of these specific duties requires these bodies to prepare and
> publish a race equality scheme (public authorities), or a race equality
> policy (schools and institutions of further and higher education). The
> purpose of this is to explain how they will meet both their general and
> specific duties under section 71(1) of the Race Relations Act.
> 
> A race equality scheme  essentially packages the specific duties into a
> coherent strategy and action plan. It should cover all relevant
> functions and policies, bringing them within a single framework. 
> 
> A scheme must make clear how a public authority plans to meet both its
> general and specific duties. It is a public document and public
> authorities will be answerable to the public for delivering the
> programme set out in the scheme. Ideally a scheme should summarise the
> public authority's overall approach to racial equality and how this
> links to its corporate aims and objectives.
> 
> A race equality policy should set out how you intend to prevent racial
> discrimination, promote equality of opportunity, and promote good race
> relations across all areas of your activity. The policy should be part
> of the planning arrangements you already make. It is a public document
> and further and higher education institutions will be answerable to the
> public for delivering the programme set out in the policy. 
> 
> The race equality policy essentially packages the specific duties into a
> coherent strategy and action plan. It should cover all relevant
> functions and policies, bringing them within a single framework. The
> policy must make clear how a further and higher education institutions
> intend to meet both its general and specific duties. Ideally a policy
> should summarise the institution's approach to racial equality and how
> this links to its corporate aims and objectives.
> 
> The policy should be a written statement of responsibilities and
> commitments on how you intend to prevent racial discrimination, promote
> equality of opportunity, and promote good race relations across all
> areas of activity. The policy should be part of the planning
> arrangements you already make.  
> 
> I trust that the above information is of some assistance to you.
> 
> kind regards
> 
> Naila Noori
> Information and Assistance Officer
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >>> "A.F.OShea" <[log in to unmask]> 04/10/2006 10:56 >>>
> Dear madam/sir
> 
> I would be grateful for some guidance on the following point.
> 
> As you are no doubt aware, public authorities are currently creating
> disability equality schemes and gender equality schemes.
> 
> We are also at this time reviewing and rewriting our current race
> equality policy.
> 
> As a higher education institution, the statutory code says that we
> should create a 'race equality policy', however for consistency and to
> improve communication, we are considering calling our next version of
> the race equality policy, a 'race equality scheme'.
> 
> Do you foresee any difficulty in us referring to the policy as a scheme?
> 
> An alternative option is that we create a scheme with a policy contained
> within it.
> 
> I would appreciate your view on this matter.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Tony O'Shea 
> Policy Officer for Equality and Diversity 
> The Open University 
> Tel. 01908 858073 
> Email. [log in to unmask] 
>