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THE COLLEGE   |   Equality and Diversity

Havering College of Further and Higher Education values diversity within its learners and staff.

Some interesting facts you may not be aware of about the college and its community…

• Our staff gender balance is almost exactly 50% male, 50% female. This is equally true of teaching staff.

• In terms of ethnicity 20% of our staff come from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups as opposed to 5% for the London Borough of Havering.

• 5% of our staff have a declared disability.

• All of our staff are currently undertaking e-learning modules on Disability, Race, Religious Belief, Age, Sexual Orientation, Gender and Behaviour.

Of our learners:
• 44% of our students are male and 56% are female.

• 26% of our students come from BME groups.

• 9% of our learners declare themselves to have a learning difficulty or disability.

• All of students have a compulsory tutorial on Equality and Diversity.

Check out our Annual Reports, Single Equality Scheme document, and details about what we did for Black History Month.

Plus, check our progress on Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs)

The college is currently mapping all of its policies, plans, procedures and practices (the 4Ps) in order to complete its EIA map.

Areas have been prioritised. It was decided to focus on Human Resource policies for the early part of 2009 and all of Human Resources "4Ps" have been equality impact assessed. Click here for Equality Impact Assessment sample information.

The full college EIA map is available on request.