AnnualReport200910-UniversityofWarwick.doc

Annual Report 2009 / 10 For the meeting of the Equality and Diversity Committee to be held on 24 May 2010 1.0 Introduction During the Spring and Summer Terms of the 2007/8 academic year the University developed a Single Equality Scheme and associated Action Plan, this was updated in 2008/9 and again for the May 2010 EDC. The Scheme included plans for an annual report to the Equality and Diversity Committee which would outline the following: review of the Single Equality Scheme review of progress on the Action Plan and any proposed new actions report on the equality activities of interest groups and students union review of equality and diversity policies update on Equality Impact Assessment activities report of expenditure on DES report of learning and development activities staff and student monitoring report on widening participation activities report from Disability Services report on Students Union activities 1.2 It is pertinent to the report and subsequent discussions that the responsibility for Equality and Diversity within the University of Warwick was reviewed during 2009/10 within a wider HR restructure. The resulting structure is based on a faculty structure for HR operations with each HR manager taking a University wide brief in addition to their faculty HR strategic direction and management. Equality and Diversity is now the responsibility of the Head or HR in Warwick Medical School. 2.0 Review of Single Equality Scheme The Single Equality Scheme, available at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/equalops/singleequalityscheme/ was developed partly to consolidate the University’s Equality and Diversity work and partly in anticipation of the government’s intention to publish a Single Equality Bill. The Equality Bill was published by the Government on 27 April 2009. Its main provisions are shown in 3.0 below. The Single Equality Act 2010 has now been passed, and the Single Equality Scheme and Action plan will need to be reconsidered when fur