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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: 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: 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.

11 Jul 2014: Information for Managers Procedure The managers of eligible staff under the Scheme will be informed in writing by the Human Resources Division. Information relating to an individual staff member and his/her involvement in a Diversity Network should

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.

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.

11 Jul 2014: Information for staff members Staff eligible under this scheme must hold either the Chair or Secretary position of a Staff Diversity Network and be employed by the University. The status of staff will be verified by the University through the CHRIS

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

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: 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.