Equal Opportunities Policies
The College welcomes diversity amongst its fellows, students, staff, members of common room, and visitors, recognising the particular contributions to the achievement of its educational purposes that can be made by individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.
In relation to staff, the policy and practice of the College require that all the staff are afforded equal opportunities within employment and that entry into employment with the College and the progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job is the primary consideration. Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant or member of staff will be treated less favourably than another because of his or her sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, racial group, religion or disability.
In relation to students the College aims to provide education of excellent quality at postgraduate level for able students, whatever their background. In pursuit of this aim, the College is committed to using its best endeavours to ensure that all of its activities are governed by principles of equality of opportunity, and that all students are helped to achieve their full academic potential.
This statement applies to recruitment and admissions, to the curriculum, teaching and assessment, to welfare and support services, and to staff development and training, as far as the College takes the lead in these matters and when it does not it will act in its support capacity to its best endeavour.
The College espouses the University Equal Opportunities Policy. This policy statement is supported by equal opportunities policies and codes of practice for staff and students, the collegiate University’s code of practice on harassment, and the College’s race equality policy.
Single Equality Scheme
The Single Equality Scheme provides relevant equality information and statistics as well as setting out a framework for how the College will work to promote equality and diversity both among its members and other people involved with the College. A document containing the results of the latest staff equality survey is available here.
Published by The Bursar, Wolfson College, Oxford, OX2 6UD; May 2002 document reference: EC.02.03 Revised and approved by the GB 12/6/02
