Equality publications

Key publications and other important documents on equality issues produced by UCU's equality unit.

Specific guidance on equality issues for branch/local association officers can be found in the equality resource centre in the UCU activists section of the website. Equality publications from UCU's parent unions - AUT and NATFHE - can be found in the equality publications archive.

General

•  Equality Bill: UCU submission to Public Bill Committee, Jun 09 (.pdf) [411kb]
   Equality Bill: UCU submission to Public Bill Committee, Jun 09 (.doc) [318kb]
•  Equality Bill consultation - a response by UCU, Jun 09 (.pdf) [135kb]
• UCU response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) consultation on the statutory codes of practice and non statutory guidance which need to be produced ahead of the publication of the Equality Act:
   UCU response to EHRC consultation, May 09 (.rtf) [2.0Mb]
•  UCU response to Border & Immigration Agency Visitors consultation paper (.doc) [161kb]
•  UCU Equality Duty Toolkit (.pdf) [165kb]
• Discrimination law review - UCU response:
   Word version (.doc) [234kb] |  PDF file (.pdf) [116kb]

•  Final report of dignity at work project on bullying and harassment in HE, 2007 (.pdf) [605kb]
•  UCU response to the consultation on the Skills Strategy Equality Impact Assessment, Apr 07 (.doc) [170kb]
•  Dignity at work: good practice guide for HE institutions on dealing with bullying and harassment in the workplace, ECU, UCU and UNISON, Jan 07 (.pdf) [594kb]
• UCU response to the consultation exercise from the Commission on Integration and Cohesion:
   Word version (.doc) [159kb] |  PDF file (.pdf) [29kb]
•  The Equalities Review, Interim report for consultation: UCU response (.pdf) [265kb]

See also our equality resources

Disability equality

•  Disclosing a disability (.pdf) [360kb]
• Public consultation on Disability Living Allowance reform, Feb 11:
   UCU DLA consultation response, Feb 11 (.pdf) [118kb]
   UCU DLA consultation response, Feb 11 (.doc) [74kb]
• Public consultation on 'Improving specialist disability employment services', Mar 08:
   PDF file (.pdf) [111kb]
   Word version (.doc) [167kb]
•  Disability equality duty - UCU/UNISON/CEL guidance, May 2007 (.pdf) [496kb]
•  'Enabling not disabling', UCU, Dec 06 (.pdf) [1.4Mb]

See also our disability equality resources

Gender equality

•  A charter for women (.pdf) [152kb] |  A charter for women (.doc) [82kb]
•  Gender pay gaps and higher education institutions 2005-6, Jun 07 (.pdf) [69kb]
•  UK academic staff gender pay gaps and average salaries 1995-96 to 2005-06, Apr 07 (.pdf) [234kb]

See also our gender equality resources

LGBT equality

•  Lesbian and gay rights at work - an issue for us all (.pdf) [58kb]

See also our LBGT resources

Age equality

•  Government review of default retirement age, UCU, Jan 10 (.pdf) [48kb]
   Government review of default retirement age, UCU, Jan 10 (.doc) [145kb]

See also our Age equality resources