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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: 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

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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