Equality and Diversity

Guidance

Below are sources of advice, help and information relating to student diversity at the University of Portsmouth. While these guides offer tips and will enhance your understanding of the diverse student body, equality and diversity remains a complex area. For this reason, if you have any specific equality and diversity related questions or concerns, please contact us.

Promoting a positive and inclusive learning environment

• Accessible Curricula: Good Practice for All (.pdf)
• Equity Index: 'Diversity in the Classroom' guides
• The Higher Education Academy: Inclusive learning and teaching in higher education: a synthesis of research
• University of Portsmouth support: Academic Consultancy

Ethnicity

• Equality Challenge Unit: Ethnicity, gender and degree attainment: final report
• Equality Challenge Unit: Improving the degree attainment of black and minority ethnic students
• National Union of Students: Race for Equality: A report on the experiences of Black students in further and higher education (.pdf)

Disability

• Equality Challenge Unit: Disability legislation: practical guidance for academic staff (revised)
• Equality Challenge Unit: Managing reasonable adjustments in higher education
• Equality and Human Rights Commission: Guidance regarding disabled students (.pdf)
• JISC Techdis: Inclusive technology advice
• The Open University: Inclusive practice for disabled students
• University of Portsmouth support: Additional Support and Disability Advice Centre (ASDAC)

Age

• Higher Education Academy EvidenceNet: Mature students in higher education and issues for widening participation

Religion/Belief

• Equality Challenge Unit: Religious observance in higher education: facilities and services
• Equality Challenge Unit: Religious observance in higher education: institutional timetabling and work patterns
• The Higher Education Academy: Faith Guides
• The Inter Faith Network for the UK: Publications
• University of Portsmouth support: Chaplaincy

Sexual orientation

• Equality Challenge Unit: Advancing LGB equality: Improving the experience of lesbian, gay and bisexual staff and students in higher education (.doc)
• Equality Challenge Unit: Experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans staff and students in higher education: research report 2009
• Stonewall Education Guides: Challenging homophobic language (.pdf)

Gender

• Equality Challenge Unit: Ethnicity, gender and degree attainment: final report
• Equality Challenge Unit: Trans staff and students in higher education: revised 2010

International students

• Equality Challenge Unit: Internationalising equality, equalising internationalisation
• Equality Challenge Unit: Joining up agendas: internationalisation and equality and diversity in HE
• The Higher Education Academy: International Student Lifecycle Resources bank
• University of Plymouth: Adopting Culturally Inclusive Teaching Practices (.pdf)
• University of Portsmouth support: International Office
• University of Southampton: Internationalisation Theory Practice Nexus (ITPN) (.pdf)
• University of Southampton: Instructional planning in an international context (.pdf)