Black Lives Matter in FE – Guardian news reports on systemic racism in colleges

Did you know that last year (2020), the Guardian newspaper highlighted several race equality concerns in colleges, including the lack of robust data monitoring, analysis and action to address race inequality and underrepresentation? What qualitative and quantitative information do you collect and use to continuously improve race equality in your organisation? How have you advanced race equality in the last four years?

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#Black Lives Matter - When is positive discrimination legal?

In the context of ‘BlackLivesMatter’, now seems the perfect time to ramp up our actions to dismantle the persistent barriers that people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds face in the workplace. But when does the law curb positive action? Is positive discrimination ever legal? During Covid 19 we are providing additional support for students with medical conditions who are shielding – but does this mean that we are discriminating against students who are not shielding? Can we use positive action to address socioeconomic disadvantage? These are questions I have been asked recently. Here are my answers.

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