Dear All,

Further to Moira’s email on the Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning. I managed this Commission in my previous job at NIACE.  There were 47 recommendations, for the whole sector,  in the final report. A summary of which can be accessed below:

http://www.niace.org.uk/projects/commissionfordisabledstaff/Default.htm

 

Eleven key recommendations have been selected by the Lifelong Learning Sector Skills Council, along with government and representative agencies, to be central to improving the sectors performance on disabled staff.  These eleven recommendations will be launched shortly in the form of a public commitment that all lifelong learning related organisations will be asked to sign up to.  The current web page is linked below.  I will send further details around once the ‘Commitment’ is fully launched.

 

http://www.lluk.org/disability-equality-commitment.htm

 

This is along winded way of responding to your email Fehmeeda! It is hoped that by improving the experiences of disabled staff that disclosure rates might also improve as an indirect consequence.

 

Best wishes

 

Christine

 

 

 

Many thanks, Moira.

-----Original Message-----
From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Moira Mitchell
Sent: 10 November 2008 16:32
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Disability disclosure rate

Hi Fehmeeda,

Below is a quote from the publication "From compliance to culture
change: disabled people working in lifelong learning Interim Report of the Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning"

"Data from LLUK suggest that between 1.1 per cent and 3.1 per cent of disabled staff have declared a disability in all regions apart from Yorkshire and Humberside who have identified 4.0 per cent of staff. Our data from human resource and senior managers show average disclosure rates similar to the LLUK analysis of 2.8 per cent."

Best wishes,

Moira

 

Moira Mitchell
Equality and Diversity Manager
Canterbury Christ Church University
tel: 01227 782795

 

-----Original Message-----
From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fehmeeda Riaz
Sent: 10 November 2008 15:40
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Disability disclosure rate

Dear All,

We are looking at ways to improve our disability disclosure rate for staff (which is currently less than 3%).  We have developed a website that is dedicated to providing details of support for staff, clarified the procedures on disclosure and introduced the Disability Confident programme as part of induction as well as focused on other developmental activities to raise awareness of disability equality.  We are also looking to carry out at Data Capture Exercise in respect of disability over the coming year. 

I was just wondering if there is a benchmark for the HE sector in terms of disclosure that we should be aspiring to? Is there a HE sector average for disclosure?

Best wishes

Fehmeeda 

Fehmeeda Riaz
University of Westminster
HR Manager - Equality & Diversity
HR Department, 5th Floor, Copland Building
115 New Cavendish Street
London, W1W 6UW
Tel: 020-7911-5776

 

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