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- Click ‘Get Form’ to open the Equality Impact Assessment Form in the editor.
- Begin by selecting the aim of your proposed activity or decision. Choose from 'New', 'Revised', or 'Existing' based on your context.
- In the next section, identify who will be affected and consulted. Fill in details such as 'All staff who need to find standard university documentation' and specify any relevant contacts like the communications manager.
- Proceed to assess potential impacts across various categories such as Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, etc. Mark each impact as Positive (P), Negative (N), or Neutral (N/I) based on your evaluation.
- Outline actions to be taken in response to identified impacts. Provide detailed explanations regarding technology changes, support measures, and training opportunities available for staff.
- Finally, summarize the EIA outcome by ticking one of the options: No further action, Amendments needed, Proceed with awareness of adverse impact, or Abandon process.
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What is the University equality impact assessment?
An EIA helps the University make sure our policies, procedures and practices do what they are intended to do and are inclusive for staff, students and visitors. They also enable us to provide an audit trail that we have met our legal obligations.
Are eqias a legal requirement?
There is a legal obligation to undertake Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) to assess the impact of your actions on people of different racial groups, disabled people, and men and women, including men and women.
What should be included in an equality impact assessment?
Carrying out an EIA involves assessing the likely (or actual) effects of policies on people in respect of protected equality characteristics including age, disability, race and sexual orientationplease see overleaf for further detail and the full list of protected characteristics.
What is an equality impact assessment?
EIAs are about making comparisons between groups of employees, service users or stakeholders to identify differences in their needs and/or requirements. If the difference is disproportionate, then the policy may have a detrimental impact on some and not others.
Do equality impact assessments need to be published?
Whilst recording the steps taken in seeking to meet the duty is an important way to demonstrate compliance with the duty, there is no legal requirement to publish duty assessment documentation (often referred to as equality impact assessments).
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What is the equality impact assessment for universities?
Equality impact assessments (EIA) are a tool to help colleges and universities ensure that their policies, practices and decisions are fair, meet the needs of their staff and students and that they are not inadvertently discriminating against any protected group.
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