This is our overarching diversity measurement tool and is used to assess progress organisation-wide with mainstreaming diversity. Each British Council offices reviews their work and gathers evidence against a series of different indicators. The evidence is assessed by a panel and is awarded a level from 1 to 5 (where 1 is Embarking and 5 is Leading) and this score forms part of the country’s overall performance evaluation in the organisation’s performance scorecard. To find out more about the Diversity Assessment Framework, please contact the Diversity Unit.
We have been collecting data from our UK contracted staff and analysing it each year since 2001. The data we collect includes details of age, disability, ethnicity/race, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation and working pattern. Equality monitoring helps us to build up a detailed picture of who we employ and this helps us to assess the impact of our Equal Opportunity Policy and Diversity Strategy. From the recommendations, we can examine our processes, identify trends and patterns, highlight progress and note where further action is needed to ensure unjustified discrimination is eliminated and equality is promoted. The latest equality monitoring report is available to read. Alternatively please read the executive summary.
This refers to a formal process where we review the likely impact of all proposed policies, functions or practices on different groups of people.
This helps us to think about how our suggested way of working might affect different groups and consider if there is any potential for unjustified discrimination that we could change, or any opportunity to promote equality that we could introduce. To find out more about our equality screening and impact assessment please contact the Diversity Unit.
Our Disability Advisory Panel are an external group with significant personal and/or professional experience in the area of disability, who have agreed to help us promote disability equality across all aspects of our work. The Panel includes people from a wide age range, different regions of the UK, and offers a broad spectrum of experience of disability, including physical, sensory, learning and mental health. To find out more about who is on our Panel and what they do,please read through their profiles. Below are some interviews from our DAP members:
The disability symbol is made up of two ticks and the words 'positive about disabled people'. The symbol is awarded by Jobcentre Plus (a UK Government agency) to employers in England, Scotland and Wales who have made commitments to employ, keep and develop the abilities of disabled staff. You will see the symbol displayed on our job adverts, application forms and other marketing material. We use this symbol to demonstrate that we are positive about employing disabled people and want to encourage disabled people to find out more about working with us. Employers who use the disability symbol make five commitments regarding recruitment, training, retention, consultation and disability awareness. Although the symbol is part of a UK scheme, many of our offices worldwide use the symbol to demonstrate that they are 'positive about disabled people'. Find out more about the disability symbol from the official website
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