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Equality & Diversity at Stourbridge College
Stourbridge College has Equality & Diversity at the heart of everything it does and we aim to ensure that all our students achieve their potential through our commitment to the continued promotion of equal opportunities.
During induction and tutorials, all students are made aware of our Equality & Diversity policy to help them understand what the key facts are and staff and Governors have access to regularly updated on-line training facilities.
- 13% of students and 13 % of staff are from ethnic minority backgrounds.
- 22 % of staff have a declared disability.
- Our male & female students had the same success rates last year.
- One of our former students took part in the Para Olympics and is in training for 2012.
- We offer accredited equality & diversity training for staff.
- 43 % of students are female and 57 % are male.
- We are the only college in the Black Country that has the facilities to accommodate students with high dependency.
- 11 % of students have declared learning difficulties.
Equality Act [2010] and subsequent General and Specific Public Duties
Stourbridge College, as a public sector body with 150+ employees, has a duty to publish information to demonstrate that the organisation has considered and taken action to address the three key aims of the General Duties :-
- to eliminate unlawful discrimination
- to advance equality of opportunity
- to foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it
The information which the College is required to publish by 31 January 2012 is mainly contained within our Annual Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2010/11 which is available now and will be uploaded with additional information shortly.
Please contact Heather Ross, EDI Officer on 01384 399756 or edi@stourbridge.ac.uk for further information.
Name: Rafia Naznin School: Pedmore Technology Centre Studied: Entry Level for one year then BTEC Business
Progression: BA Honours Degree in Business Management at the University of Wolverhampton for a career in Human Resources
Sam Makes In-Roads
Sam Moore, 24, has designs on a career in the motor industry and joined Stourbridge College in 2008 to study Motor Vehicle Level 1 – and after putting her foot on the accelerator she’s just started her Level 3 and is hoping to take advantage of the variety of opportunities on offer once she’s fully qualified.
A single mom and living locally, Sam left Ridgwood School with some GCSEs and decided to find work straight away. She said: “Most of my friends were leaving school and going straight into work so I got a job at a tennis club and worked there for five years. Then I had my son Jake and it really changed the way I thought about my life so I took advice from Connexions in Stourbridge and, because I’d always been really interested in cars, they pointed me in the direction of Stourbridge College.”
Sam has really flourished in what is considered a traditionally male dominated environment and when she started her Level 1 course she was the only female but the course is becoming more popular with girls. Sam is looking forward to a career in the motor industry and will be considering a variety of options including working for key car manufacturers in the region or service management.
Liz Learns the Art of the Built Environment
Liz Reid, 15, was attracted by the choice of over 700 jobs available on completion of her Diploma in Construction & the Built Environment.
Being interested in art, she was drawn to the fact that she could use her brain and get more involved in technical drawing. She really enjoyed studying the units of work which included foundations, sub structures and super structures –and she wasn’t phased at all by being the only girl on the course! She said: “I’ve always got on better with boys and it’s been no problem at all. My mom’s granddad was an architect and the Diploma seemed to offer a really good way of starting to study whilst I was still at school – it’s a different way of learning that really appealed to me.” Liz is keeping her options open about the future direction of her career.
