Equality and Diversity Course

Are you passionate about fairness? Keen to treat employees’ right? Want to comply with legislation? Then this course in equality and diversity is right for you.

It covers everything from a deep exploration of the subject as well as an overview of the issues. The course then leads onto the need for equality and fairness development for employees and how this can be achieved.

Like all Start Learning courses, you will have access to tutor support and our courses are designed in bite sized sections to make learning easier and more flexible. So Start Learning today!

Distance Learning Support

At Start Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months.

All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course.

Entry Requirements

There are no entry requirements for this course. At Start Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.

Recommended Hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Equality and Diversity Course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but  if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Course Contents

Unit 1 - Intermediate Equality and Diversity in the Workplace: The difference between equality and diversity - Which groups in society are most vulnerable to stereotyping and how this can lead to prejudice and discrimination - Appreciate current legislation supporting equality in the workplace - The concepts of bullying and harassment as forms of discrimination - The impact of discrimination on an individual and an organisation - How working practices support or cause barriers to equality and diversity

Unit 2 - An Overview of Equality and Diversity Issues: Be aware of concepts of identity and of the individual in relationship to other people - Have an awareness of the need for the individual and the organisation to respect individuality and difference - Have an awareness of appropriate underpinning legislation in relationship to the organisation’s policy and practice - Prejudice and discrimination - The concepts of bullying, harassment, institutional racism, racism, sexism and stereotyping - The presence of practical and communication barriers to equality and diversity – Awareness of key components that would be instrumental in an organisation’s action planning in support of equality and diversity

Unit 3 - Equality and Fairness Development for Employees: Understand own strengths and weaknesses about own personality, culture and beliefs - The principles of group behaviour - The impact of different cultures found in the workplace and community - What improvements can contribute to making the workplace or other group a fairer culture - What diversity means and how to promote it in the workplace - What harassment is and the importance of dealing with it - Different ways of dealing with conflict

Qualifications

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a Level 3 Certificate in Equality and Diversity awarded by NCFE.

Awarding Body

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland. The course is recognised in Scotland by the SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority).

Language of Course

English

Assessment

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.