Monitoring equality and diversity in the lifelong learning sector

Source: LLUK
Posted: 18th January 2010

With the introduction of new equalities legislation and inspection criteria, it is increasingly important for providers in the learning and skills sector to monitor the characteristics of their workforce. Lifelong Learning UK is developing guidance and support for providers, including adult and community learning organisations, to highlight the importance of data collection and monitoring, and how this can bring benefits to the organisation.

The support, which includes a series of regional workshops and forthcoming guidance toolkit, will help providers to:

recognise the contribution that workforce data can make to succession planning, target setting and organisational development

understand proposed equalities legislation in relation to monitoring and data collection

explore good practice for monitoring sensitive equality areas and encouraging staff disclosure

know how the OLAP Reporting tool can potentially be used by adult and community learning providers to analyse and compare data

understand current workforce characteristics in order to achieve the sector's vision as set out in the Workforce Strategy

The toolkit will include good practice case studies from providers like you, sharing their experiences with monitoring workforce diversity. If you would like to contribute your experience of monitoring activities from an adult and community learning perspective for inclusion in the toolkit, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Where to go for more information

If you would like to find out more about this work and how you can get involved in providing a case study, please contact Min Rodriguez, Equality and Diversity Manager – minrodriguez@lluk.org.
Further information about the remaining workshops in London and Newcastle is available online at www.lluk.org/data-matters.htm.
To find out more about our overarching work to promote equality and diversity across the lifelong learning sector, please visit www.lluk.org/equality-and-diversity.htm

Contact: Busayo Akinyemi, Project Manager
Equality and Diversity/Operations Directorate, Lifelong Learning UK
busayoakinyemi@lluk.org