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10 Jul 2014: Designed to welcome new members, the LGBTQ+ Network has set-up New Members Supporters.

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10 Jul 2014: Designed to welcome new members, the LGBTQ+ Network has set-up New Members Supporters. ... Bi Community News is the hub of the UK's bisexual community.

5 Sep 2014: The ‘Cake and Careers’ seminars began in 2009/10 following a request from the Vice Chancellor that WiSETI offer something specifically targeted at PhD students and Postdocs. The speakers are drawn from diverse sectors, e.g. science policy,

25 Jun 2014: Combined Equality Scheme (CES) The University's Equality & Diversity (E&D) section has been tasked with providing specialist expertise to support the University's functions and specific duties as an employer and public education provider. The Univ

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9 Jul 2014: Harassment Harassment is defined in the University’s Dignity at Work Policy for staff and its associated guidance. This policy was developed to protect and support staff members of the University from inappropriate behaviour including harassment

10 Jul 2014: Breaking the Silence Preventing harassment and sexual misconduct Visit the website for information and resources Useful contacts The University provides support to staff through: Dignity at Work contacts. HR policies, HR Business Managers and HR

5 Sep 2014: This is WiSETI's flagship annual event where a distinguished woman scientist is invited to speak about her life and work. One of the aims of the Lecture is to highlight the issues that particularly affect women in STEM and contribute to low

14 Jul 2014: InterConnect Action Plan The InterConnect Action Plan (ICAP) has been developed to provide a framework for the University’s work on race equality for the period 2014-17.

9 Jul 2014: Victimisation Victimisation (defined in Section 27 of the Equality Act 2010) takes place where one person treats another less favourably because he or she has asserted their legal rights in line with the Act or helped someone else to do so.

19 Jan 2023: A lot of Colleges will have a Chaplain or Dean who are responsible for the life of the College Chapel (where there is one) and also tend to have a pastoral role among members of the College community. Whilst Chaplains or Deans may be affiliated with

11 Jul 2014: Introduction The University's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and Human Resources Committees approved the Release Time for Staff Diversity Networks Scheme in 2010. The Scheme is centrally funded and is similar to the provision made for

3 Oct 2016: Supporting Parents and Carers @ Cambridge Network Welcome to the SPACE network. We welcome all staff working for the University, a College or an associated institution who have caring responsibilities or a parent. The University has run consultation

9 Jul 2014: A brief overview of Judaism Judaism is one of the oldest religions still existing today. It began as the religion of the small nation of the Hebrews, and through thousands of years of suffering, persecution, dispersion, and occasional victory, has

9 Jul 2014: Indirect discrimination Indirect discrimination is the legal term that describes situations when policies, practices or procedures are put in place that appear to treat everyone equally but, in practice, are less fair to those with a certain

9 Jul 2014: A brief overview of Hinduism Hinduism is one of the world's oldest religious traditions. It is often described as Sanatana Dharma by Hindus themselves, meaning ‘the eternal religion’. The word ‘Hinduism’ as it is used in common parlance

9 Jul 2014: A brief overview of Sikhism Sikhism is a progressive religion well ahead of its time when it was founded over 500 years ago, The Sikh religion today has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is ranked as the 5th largest religion in the

25 Jun 2014: Gender Equality Steering Group (GESG) In response to equal pay investigations, the University initially established the Gender Representation Review Group (GRRG) to consider findings and make recommendations for further action. GRRG's work was taken

9 Jul 2014: Sex Sex (or gender) is the protected characteristic that refers to a man or woman and protection from sex discrimination is well established within legislation and the University. It is prohibited to discriminate, harass or victimise a student

9 Jul 2014: Age Age refers to a person belonging to a particular age group, which can include people of the same age and people of a particular range of ages. The Equality Act 2010 replaces the provisions of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. The

9 Jul 2014: The University launched a new initiative, InterConnect, in 2014, which includes the InterConnect Action Plan.

9 Jul 2014: A brief overview of Islam The word Islam means ‘submission to the will of God’. Islam is the second largest religion in the world with over 1 billion followers. The 2011 census recorded 2,706,066 Muslims in the UK, around 4.8% of the population.

9 Jul 2014: Direct Discrimination Direct discrimination is the legal term that applies if you treat someone less favourably than someone else has been treated (or would be treated) because of a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. Unless there

25 Jun 2014: ED&I Committee The ED&I section services the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, which was established in 2008. This Committee brings together representatives from the University's General Board and Council, Academic Schools, the Regist

9 Jul 2014: Racial harassment Racial harassment is an incident or a series of incidents intended or likely to intimidate, offend or harm an individual or group because of their ethnic origin, colour, race, religion or nationality, and a racist incident is any

9 Jul 2014: Positive Action Positive action is a range of measures allowed under the Equality Act 2010 which can be lawfully taken to encourage and train people from under-represented groups to help them overcome disadvantages in competing with other applicants.

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9 Jul 2014: Their spiritual leaders are called priests or ministers. The Christian holy book is the Bible, and consists of the Old and New Testaments.

12 Jul 2016: University of Cambridge College Equality Policies Christ’s College Churchill College Clare College Corpus Christi College Downing College Emmanuel College Fitzwilliam College Girton College Gonville & Caius College Homerton College | Student |

9 Jul 2014: A brief overview of Buddhism ‘When you know from your own lived experience that something is unwholesome, censured by the wise, and leads to harm and suffering, then abandon it. … When you know from your own lived experience that something is

25 Jun 2014: University Equality Champions The Equality Champions also have the following areas of specific responsibility: LGBTQ+ Vacant Gender Equality Dr Liz Hide, STEMM (Science, Technology, Mathmatics and Medicine) Professor Sarah Colvin, AHSSBL (Arts &

14 Jul 2014: Resources and training Springboard and Navigator The University provides two gender specific personal development programmes for staff and post-graduate students: Springboard for women Navigator for men Both programmes are designed to encourage

30 Apr 2020: New policy, function or practice. Change to an existing policy, function or practice. ... Provide a summary outline of the proposed changes, or the nature of the new policy.

9 Jul 2014: Religion or Belief Religion and belief is a protected characteristic that refers to a: Religion (e.g. Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Rastafarianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Buddhism). Denomination of a religion (e.g. Anglicanism,

9 Jul 2014: Perceptive Discrimination Perceptive discrimination is the legal term that applies when an individual is treated unfairly because it is believed that they have a certain protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010, whether or not it is true.

9 Jul 2014: Third-Party Harassment The Equality Act 2010 also protects staff from harassment related to protected characteristics by people who are not employees of the University, such as contractors or College staff who are not also employed by the University.

9 Jul 2014: Associative Discrimination Associative discrimination is the legal term that applies when someone is treated unfairly because either someone they know or someone they are associated with has a certain protected characteristic under the Equality Act

9 Jul 2014: Gender Reassignment Gender reassignment is a protected characteristic and the term refers to someone who is transgender. It includes anyone who has proposed, started or completed a process to change his or her sex. The Equality Act extends

9 Jul 2014: Sexual Orientation Sexual orientation is a protected characteristic relating to a person's sexual orientation towards people of: The same sex as him or her (the person is a gay man or a lesbian). The opposite sex from him or her (the person is

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9 Jul 2014: The Equality Act introduces this new protection for disabled individuals. It is now prohibited to treat a disabled person unfavourably not because of the person's disability itself but because of ... The purpose of this new protection is to redress the

10 Jul 2014: Personal and Professional Development Personal and Professional Development facilitates learning opportunities for all university staff enabling them to achieve their potential and contribute to the provision of excellent teaching and research in

11 Oct 2013: Termly WiSETI/Athena SWAN bulletins have been developed and new web pages launched for the 13/14 academic year5. ... Sciences6. WiSETI and Equality & Diversity will work closely with any departments that enter this new pilot phase.

12 Nov 2012: The links with Schlumberger have been renewed following a change in leadership, with a new Director of HR and on-going funding secured. ... 1 http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/equality/wiseti/cv/ 2 http://www.athenaswan.org.uk/ 3

25 Oct 2010: WiSETI in the National Context - maintaining and creating new external contacts.

9 Jul 2014: Pregnancy and Maternity Pregnancy and maternity discrimination is when you're treated unfairly because you're pregnant, breastfeeding or because you've recently given birth. Maternity covers the period of 26 weeks after birth. In relation to the

10 Jul 2014: Promoting Respect and Dignity Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation (i.e. whether an individual is or is perceived to be heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual) or Trans is unlawful. The University of Cambridge is committed to protecting the

23 Nov 2011: Passport identity of transgender travellers – British subjects can usuallyobtain a passport in a new name if supporting documentary evidencedetailing the date and circumstance of the name change is provided.Contact the