Disability Equality Vision

All University staff, students, visitors and contractors are expected to treat disabled people with respect.

The University encourages the development of an environment in which diversity is valued this includes a commitment to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of disability in all employment matters, to increase employment opportunities for people who have a disability and to ensure that its recruitment and selection

processes are fully accessible.

The principle of accessibility underpins the University’s policy and includes access to the built environment to information and services,  independent access, or, at least, access with minimal assistance.

The University is working towards becoming more welcoming to disabled people increasing understanding that services, methods of working and the built environment may themselves be enabling or disabling.

The Disability Equality Duty (DED) came into force in December 2006.  The DED is made up of two parts.  The first part, or general duty requires all public sector bodies to promote disability equality by:

 

• Eliminating unlawful disability discrimination and disability related harassment
• Promoting equality of opportunity for disabled people, taking steps to take account of disabled people’s disabilities
• Promoting positive attitudes towards disabled people 
• Encouraging the participation of disabled people in public life

The second part or specific duty says when carrying out day-to-day work, the University should:

• Publish a Disability Equality Scheme (including within it an Action Plan)
• Involve disabled people in producing the Scheme and Action Plan
• Demonstrate that actions in the Scheme have been taken and appropriate outcomes have been achieved
• Report on progress
• Review and revise the Scheme

See the Loughborough University Disability Equality Scheme at:

Author: Human Resources (LM) June 2007