Okay Gary, you can use the relevant template. 

Regards

Anne 

Anne Mwangi
Equality and Diversity Advisor 
University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull HU6 7RX
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Subject: Re: Call for evidence announced for the Equality Duty Review - Closing date 12 April

Hi Anne,

I think having the guidance and IA toolkits will certainly be useful  - I am not sure the review team will look at the SES/strategies unless they relate to the questions posed as they are being quite restrictive on what they would like to receive. If you are willing to share your templates with the review team, I am sure they will be pleased to received them.

Many thanks,

Gary 

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-----Original Message-----
From: HEEON equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Mwangi
Sent: 15 March 2013 14:37
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Subject: Re: Call for evidence announced for the Equality Duty Review - Closing date 12 April

Hi Gary do you think sending them Equality and Diversity Strategies/SES that draw together actions relating to the PSED would help? I am also happy to submit guidance and IA toolkit.

Regards
Anne

Anne 

Anne Mwangi
Equality and Diversity Advisor
University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull HU6 7RX
telephone 01482 466333
Internal Ext 6333 


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From: HEEON equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gary Loke
Sent: 14 March 2013 16:31
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Subject: Call for evidence announced for the Equality Duty Review - Closing date 12 April

Dear colleagues,

The Government has announced a call for evidence for the review of the Public Sector Equality Duty (https://www.gov.uk/government/policy-advisory-groups/123). The review is particularly focusing on the following key themes:

*       how well understood is the PSED and guidance

*       what are the costs and benefits of the PSED

*       how organisations are managing legal risk and ensuring
compliance with the PSED 

*       what changes, if any, would ensure better equality outcomes
(legislative, administrative and/or enforcement changes, for example).

The PSED review team is particularly interested in looking at equalities paperwork and policies related to PSED (particularly in relation to public sector procurement processes) and the collection, retention and use of diversity data by public bodies, for example, in relation to goods, facilities and services.

The consultation period is short (see below).  In the circumstances, ECU, in discussion with the steering committee of the Higher Education Equal Opportunities Network (HEEON) and the chair of the Higher Education Race Action Group (HERAG) will be submitting a response based on the following core messages:

1.      where operated well, evidence shows that the PSED has provided a
impetus for step-change to address inequality in education generally and more specifically in higher education.

2.      more time is needed to embed operations; the PSED duty has only
been place for 2 years (although there were previous duties for race, gender and disability) so this review is too early as HEIs are still embedding practice to meet the current requirements. 

3.      while legislation is not the only mechanism to enact change, it
is one core mechanism; the PSED has been effective in providing goal posts for public bodies to progress towards a fairer society

4.      to change legislation at this stage is counter-productive as
institutions spent resources in developing mechanisms and work to implement the PSED duty; major changes will create uncertainty and further work for higher education institutions

5.      because there are different specific duties for England,
Scotland and Wales, consideration is required that the operation and impact of the duty is different in each country

We hope that colleagues agree with these messages. If you have concerns about these, please do let us know. 

We are also encouraging HEIs to submit evidence to this review, and we understand that the review team would welcome submissions from institutions in England, Scotland and Wales. The PSED review team are seeking evidence that relate to the key themes above and must be submitted by Friday 12 April 2013 to [log in to unmask] for it to be considered. As part of the evidence, the team is also seeking examples of documentation relating to the PSED, for example equality impact assessments, procurement forms, diversity data forms, guidance and toolkits.

 With best wishes,

Gary 

 

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