Dear colleagues

 

Just a quick update on the current work of the ECU age team.

 

We have just sent out a last minute request to all those HR directors who have not yet completed the online ECU survey of HR responses to the age equality regulations…we have extended our deadline for replies to next Wednesday December 6^th (which is also the day that the HEYDAY challenge to the default retirement age is due to be heard in the High Court.) Anything you can do to encourage returns to the HR survey appreciated.

 

We are going to be hosting (jointly with NIACE) an invitational seminar in Sheffield on the same day, December 6^th, debating with a range of colleagues from E and D, Admissions, Student Services, Widening Participation and key HE sector agencies the implications of the regulations for student-facing services. We hope that out of this will come a number of individual and collective commitments to actions that will support the sector in promoting age equality…we will use the website and other means to keep you up to date with outcomes. Meantime, this week, we contributed to a UUK and GuildHE event on safeguarding.

 

We hope shortly to add a supplement on access to the health professions to our Guidance Note on Age and Student Issues.

 

We will also be publishing very soon a literature review of the impact of age equality laws in countries outwith the UK.

 

Finally we continue to regularly update our webpages and especially our FAQs.

 

We are always pleased to hear from any of you on interesting developments in your HEI or indeed to help any of you think through any particular challenges.

 

With good wishes for now

Liz and Shelly

 

Liz Sutherland

Policy Adviser - Age

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