Equality, diversity & inclusion

We are committed to the creation of a fair, welcoming and inclusive environment for all, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

The Department of Health Sciences has an active and impactful Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Committee as well as several Equality Champions who link with the University’s EDI team. We recognise the importance of ensuring equality and fairness for all our staff and students and work collaboratively across the department to ensure we are at the forefront of EDI matters and that equal opportunities exist in every aspect of departmental working.

We also have an Athena Swan working group which further contributes to promoting a culture of equality in the department through undertaking work to strengthen areas such as recruiting, encouraging and retaining women at all stages of their career. The department currently holds a Silver Athena Swan award in recognition of the achievements that we have already made in this area and the impacts they have had.

For further information about the University’s equality and diversity policies, visit the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages.  To contact the Equality Champions, visit the Key Departmental Roles website. For more information about the EDI committee or Athena Swan please visit the Department’s EDI and Gender Equality webpages.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding our learners is our priority. Working with our partner organisations we will ensure that your safety and wellbeing is taken into consideration throughout the programme. The University has an Apprenticeship Safeguarding Policy in place.

Further information and details of how to report a learner safeguarding concern are available on the University’s safeguarding webpages.

British values

British values including the ‘Prevent’ agenda are integrated into the programme through the module content. It is important on the programme that learners are able to embrace diversity, tackle discrimination, understand equality and human rights, and develop understanding of individual choice whilst valuing the rule of law.

Prevent duty

A duty is placed upon the University to have “due regard to the need to prevent people (staff, students and visitors of the University) from being drawn into terrorism”

 

We promote British Values which are:


Apprentices are encouraged to explore British Values as part of their apprenticeship programme, and contextualised within their programme of study.