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Hi All,

Here is some information about a series of seminars that the Equality Challenge Unit, UCU and UNISON are running in November. Attendance to the one day training course is free.

These one day seminars are provided for trade union reps, Higher Education staff, senior managers with responsibility for disability equality and Human Resources personnel.

The seminars are a collaboration between the Equality Challenge Unit, the University College Union and UNISON.  They will look at the Disability Equality Duty a year on, and how disabled staff in the Higher Education sector have been involved. They will also look forward to discuss how disabled and non-disabled staff, trade unions and university management can work together in implementing, evaluating, monitoring and enforcing disability equality in their university.  They will empower trade union reps to be able to negotiate around disability equality and improve working conditions for disabled staff.

Aims   

To raise the profile of the Disability Equality Duty with senior managers, and identify areas that should be included in the Disability Equality Duty Annual Review.


Promote good practice by providing support for Disability Equality Duty implementation, and by discussing the relevance of the Disability Equality Duty to the workplace.


Feedback interim results from Equality Challenge Unit’s project looking at what can be done to encourage disclosure of disabilities by staff in Higher Education.


To provide an opportunity for disabled union activists and other disabled staff to meet, with a view to facilitating the establishment of regional networks for disabled staff.





Objectives of the seminar

Provide guidance and support for all staff involved in Disability Equality Duty work, specifically concerning:
Impact Assessment
Involvement of disabled people, including the benefits of disabled staff groups
Gathering information
Boosting disclosure rates amongst staff

·       Facilitate the foundation of regional networks for disabled staff

·       Promote the confidence and self-activity of disabled staff in Higher Education Institutions.

The one day seminars will run on the following dates and venues:-

Friday November 16^th- UNISON, Mabledon Place, London
Monday November 19^th – Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
Wednesday November 21^st- Leeds Met University, Leeds



If you would like to attend one of these seminars, please complete the attached booking form and return it:

by Friday 26 October 2007
to Sian Davies, Disability Equality Organiser, Floor 2, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9AJ. 
Alternatively you can email the form to [log in to unmask] , or fax Sian at UNISON on 020 7551 1252.

<<booking form- ecu, ucu and unison training v2.doc>>

Sian Davies

Disability Equality Organiser

UCU & UNISON

020 7551 1511

' Equality is not about treating everyone in the same way. It is about responding to different needs in the different ways, which best suit them.' 

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