JISC Legal : Equality, Disability and the Law

This Essentials Guide provides readers with a direct, point-by-point guide to the Equality Act 2010's disability discrimination provisions and their application to further and higher education.

This briefing addresses the legal issues that further and higher education institutions may face when engaging with employers as part of their Business and Community Engagement ("BCE") activities.

This briefing gives an overview of some of the legal issues which institutions can face when carrying out cultural and public engagement activities as part of their Business and Community Engagement ("BCE") activities.

Whatever the mobile technology use, there are legal issues to consider from the outset of your project and this is a checklist of the main areas to consider in your planning process.

In this guide, you’ll find summaries of the key legal considerations of using Facebook in an FE and HE context.

This is a recording of our Recording Lectures and Screencasts webcast from April 2011, available in captioned, bite-sized segments. It is a practical, relevant guide to the legal, technical and accessibility issues involved in recording lectures and screencasts.   

Yes, if you are using your website to provide a service the Equality Act 2010 states that you should not discriminate against disabled persons in the provision of the service.

The Equality Act 2010 places a legal obligation on FE and HE institutions to not discriminate against staff, learners and other users and visitors to the institution because of a disability. 

The Equality Act 2010 places an obligation on educational service providers not to discriminate against students in the provision of its services ... (cont)

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA) 1988 grants some exclusive rights to the owner of a copyright work which include ... (cont)

ACAS guide offers practical tips on the impact of social networking on discipline and grievances, bullying, defamation, data protection and privacy.

JISC Techdis has just released a guidance document on complying with equality duty in which JISC Legal has contributed guidance on the Equality Act 2010.

Guidance for public sector organisationsaims to make current equality law more consistent, clearer and easier to follow in order to make society fairer.

Guidance for organisations and employers on the implications of the Equality Act 2010 available at: http://www.equalities.gov.uk/equality_act_2010/equality_act_2010_what_do_i_n.aspx. 

JISC Techdis, a JISC Advance service, works with the HE and FE sector in the UK in the field of accessibility and inclusion.

Revised code of practice relating to disabled students in UK higher education institutions.

The CAST mission is to expand educational opportunities for individuals with disabilities through the development and innovative uses of technology.

An online staff training package on libraries and disability produced by the MLA

An archive of discussion and research on disability

A list of ways in which the needs of disabled students could be sensibly anticipated.

Disability and the Law - Useful Links

A section of the general government site focusing on the issue of disability.

These draft guidelines produced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities

The ECU supports the HE sector in addressing equality and diversity issues

This article looks at the need for developers of institutional and educational web sites to have a strategy for ensuring optimal accessibility of online content.