Lewisham College is committed to promoting equality and opposing
discrimination on the grounds of:
- Race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin
- Religion, beliefs or political beliefs, unless in the
exercising of those beliefs an
- individual offends the letter and spirit of the policy
- Age, gender, marital status or family responsibility
- Disability
- Social class, economic / employment status or trade union
activities
- Sexuality or HIV / AIDS.
The College has formulated its own equal opportunities policy
along with grievance, bullying and harassment and whistleblowing
policies to combat discriminatory attitudes and practices whether
these are expressed by individuals or through institutional
practices.
The College is committed to a programme of positive action to
make these policies effective; to monitoring and evaluating its
progress and to targeting areas for improvement.
The College also wishes to champion diversity and inclusion by
ensuring that:
- We create a visibly diverse environment which values difference
and raises aspiration
- We offer flexible opportunities which meet local learning need
and enable all students to realise their potential
- All governors and staff are clear about standards and
strategies to meet diverse learner need and are equipped to respond
effectively
- We secure the fullest participation of all students and staff
in all areas of College life and act to address
under-representation
- We develop a staff profile, management team and governing body
which reflect the student community
- We undertake rigorous and open monitoring of learner and staff
performance and experience to identify and act on equality
gaps
- We develop comprehensive and imaginative feedback systems to
capture learner, staff, governor and stakeholder perceptions of how
we are doing and what we could improve
- We value learner and staff feedback to remain alert to patterns
of inequality and related concerns which are not identified through
statistical monitoring tools.