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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Higher education institutes and EA2010 - MNetter help?

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MaidOfStars · 21/06/2018 11:31

I am currently compiling a spreadsheet detailing the equality policies of all 130 recognised higher education institutes in the UK.

If anyone feels like helping, could you Google the equality policy of your alma mater/local/any random university and report here the following:

  1. Does their statement specifically cite the EA2010? (‘The Equality Act 2010 lists the following protected characteristics’ or similar).
  2. Which wording do they use for ‘sex’ in this citation (most commonly, it is replaced by ‘gender’)?
  3. Which wording do they use for ‘sex’ in their institute policy statement (again, likely to be switched for ‘gender’)?

Googling is most productive if you search ‘university name + equality and diversity’. I have found this usually returns a central institute page called a variation of ‘equality/diversity/inclusion’.

If you are willing to help and notice anything noteworthy, feel free to add extra info. For example, I have found one institute which replaced ‘gender reassignment’ with ‘transgender’.

No worries if nobody has time! But thanks in advance for any help :)

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jgrobinson · 21/06/2018 12:44

Oxford is in line with the law:
www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/policy/equality-policy/

UpstartCrow · 21/06/2018 12:51

List is here;
www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/

Click the blue link and it takes you to their website.

Sillydoggy · 21/06/2018 13:40

Edinburgh university surprisingly gets it right

Nine Protected Characteristics governed by the Equality Act 2010 - Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage & Civil Partnership, Pregnancy & Maternity, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex, Sexual Orientation.

Sillydoggy · 21/06/2018 13:42

I spoke too soon. When you click on the link they offer

“Information on sex (gender), one of the 9 protected characteristics under the Equality Act upon which discrimination is unlawful”

MaidOfStars · 26/06/2018 22:13

Thanks for the help!

I am currently up to H (alphabetically), plus the odds.

There are very few universities so far who correctly cite EA2010 and carry those protected characteristics through to institutional policy. Some of them have basically rewritten EA2010.

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