Thanks Rachel, I did put that to our accommodation service, but they feel
that this has been tried in the past and has the effect of making all other
halls think that they can be as noisy as they like, so they are loathe to
go down this route again :(
Kirsteen
Kirsteen Coupar
Diversity Manager
Flat 19A, Catherine of Aragon Court
Southwood Site
Avery Hill Campus
University of Greenwich
Eltham
London SE9 2UG
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Hi Kirsteen, couldn't it be addressed by calling particular residences
'noise free' (or something a bit snappier that gives the general idea) and
having a code of conduct for those particular residences that is part of
the
contract of living in there? I'm thinking of the rail network that has
introduced quiet carriages. You don't have to be a certain age to go in
there, but the expected boundaries for behaviour (only using mobiles in the
vestibule areas etc) are laid out before the train sets off. Obviously,
your code would be different, but it's the same basic principle. You might
be surprised to find a number of younger people would value living in such
residences too and some skilful marketing would probably help.....
Just a thought,
Best wishes
Helen
Helen Murdoch
Equality Officer
Equality Unit
Richmond Building
University of Bradford
Richmond Road
Bradford
BD7 1DP
Tel: 01274 233076
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Subject: Postgraduate and over 25's accommodation
I'm afraid I'm asking for more help and opinions regarding age. I have a
tight deadline to get our Age policy into Council in December, but issues
keep cropping up and the latest is that we have some student accommodation
which is reserved for postgraduate students and over 25's.
Initially i thought it would be quite easy to tackle this problem, as I
assumed it was to provide 'quiet' or 'sedate' accommodation and thought we
could have a quiet option for residential students, but it turns out it is
more complex.
Our planning consent from the local authority for this residential
accommodation was based on the agreement for over 25's accommodation
following consultation with vocal local residents. It looks like we will
have to go back to the local authority (who, of course, are bound by the
same equality legislation we are!)
What I wanted to check was, if we remove the requirement for over 25's, can
we still keep it for postgraduate students only? My initial thinking, is
yes, we can, but I am slightly worried that we could be challenged that we
are in fact indirectly imposing a barrier based on age, as being
postgraduate normally necessitates a certain amount of study and therefore
a certain aged student. Are we just using age as a separating factor and
calling it something different to hide the fact?
My feeling is that a postgraduate hall of residence is something different
than an over 25's hall of residence, but just wondered if anyone else had
any experience of something similar or anything useful to add.
Thanks all
Kirsteen
Kirsteen Coupar
Diversity Manager
Flat 19A, Catherine of Aragon Court
Southwood Site
Avery Hill Campus
University of Greenwich
Eltham
London SE9 2UG
Direct line: 020 8331 8817
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