Equality Issues
This section lists resources in the Careers Service and some useful websites. You should also refer to the Equality Issues section of our website.
General
| Books, files, videos, leaflets, CD-ROMs & DVDs | |
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| Title | Shelfmark  |
| Equality Britain: directory of opportunity; working for an inclusive society (11th ed.) - national directory promoting equality and diversity in employment, education, housing, adoption, fostering and sport. Covers: age, gender, disability, transgender status, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation. Includes info about organisations and jobs from employers committed to equality and diversity. | 1.3 |
| Girl's guide to becoming a boss: valuable lessons and smart suggestions for making the most of managing - despite the girlie pink cover, a serious guide to developing skiils like leadership, delegation, motivation etc. | 1.4 |
| Lifelong learning: for entry to university or college in 2010. - UCAS guide to applying to university for mature students | 5.0 |
| Starting out: lesbian, gay and bisexual careers guide - national guide for students wishing to choose a gay-friendly employer. Directory features over 450 employers. | 1.3 |
| Equal opportunities - File - sexual orientation / gender identity | 1.3 |
| Websites | |
|---|---|
| Advisory, Conciliation & Arbitration Service - independent employment relations service. Runs helpline for those wishing to resolve an employment dispute or seeking information on employment rights and rules. | |
| Diversity milkround - a graduate employment site carrying details of graduate opportunities with leading employers who are champions of diversity. | |
| Equality and Human Rights Commission - works to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality and protect human rights. Useful statements of individual rights under the law and what to do about discrimination on the grounds of disability, age, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation or race. | |
| Equality Britain - promotes equality and diversity in employment, education, housing, adoption, fostering and sport. Covers: age, gender, disability, transgender status, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation. Includes info about organisations and jobs listing from employers committed to equality and diversity. | |
| Prospects - equal opportunities - women - section of the national graduate careers website for women | |
| Prospects - religion - webpages on religion and belief on national graduate careers website | |
| Prospects - sexual orientation - webpages on sexual orientation on national graduate careers website | |
| Target Jobs (equal opportunities and diversity) - equality and rights section of major graduate careers website. Contains sections on equality and discrimination relating to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion and sexual orientation. | |
| Where to work - a company careers comparison website with a specific focus on women's employment related issues and interests. |
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Disability
| Books, files, videos, leaflets, CD-ROMs & DVDs | |
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| Title | Shelfmark |
| A self-determined future with Asperger Syndrome: solution focused approaches - book aimed at people affected by AS, their families and those who work with them. Gives an insight into AS and presents a solution-focused approach to living with this often misunderstood condition. | 1.3 |
| Able to succeed - publication focusing on disabilities, health and job choice, providing information on how health issues can be overcome in employment. As well as broad information, contains information on specific health conditions, eg diabetes, epilepsy, limited manual dexterity, impaired colour vision, etc. | 1.3 |
| Career success of disabled high-flyers - draws on case studies of 31 disabled adults who have been successful in their careers, to show that individual traits and behaviour patterns are key factors in success, and societal attitude rather than impairment itself hinders progress | 1.3 |
| Into higher education 2009: the higher education guide for people with disabilities - a guide to choosing courses and institutions and an outline of available support for disabled students; includes a chapter on postgraduate study. | 5.0 |
| Into law: positive experiences of disabled people- profiles of disabled people who have made careers in law; though dated this remains a useful guide. | LEG |
| Into medicine: positive experiences of disabled people- practical advice of entry to medical training for disabled students, including profiles of disabled doctors and trainees. | HEA |
| Into nursing and midwifery: positive experiences of disabled people - practical details on applying, training and getting jobs in this field, with profiles of diabled people working in this field. | HEA |
| Into teaching: positive experiences of disabled people - discusses routes into teaching, and practical advice on entering this career including fitness to teach; includes profiles of disabled teachers. | EDU |
| Into volunteering: positive experiences of disabled people - sets out the benefits of voluntary work for disabled students, as well as practical issues and profiles of disabled volunteers. Dated but still useful. | 2.1 |
| Into work experience: positive experiences of disabled people - sets out the benefits to disabled students of undertaking work experience, advice on secruing placements, and practical issues. | 2.0 |
| Working without hearing - tells the stories of several individuals who carried on working after becoming profoundly deaf. Includes general advice on job retention or job changing and useful contacts. | 1.3 |
| Equal opportunities - File - disability | 1.3 |
| Websites | |
|---|---|
| AbilityNet - national charity helping disabled people use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology. Factsheets on topics such as ‘disability and employment’, ‘epilepsy and computing’, etc. | |
| Action for blind people - providing free and confidential support for blind and partially sighted people in all aspects of their lives, including employment. | |
| Action for ME - charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with M.E. Website contains extensive information section with many useful downloads and publications about managing the condition. | |
| Action on Hearing Loss - formerly the RNID, a charity working for the UK’s 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people, by campaigning and lobbying, raising awareness of deafness and hearing loss, providing services and through research. The website includes a factsheet on employment rights. | |
| Arthritis Care - charity existing to support people with arthritis. Website includes free 32 page booklet ‘Working with Arthritis’ PDF file. | |
| Association of Disabled Professionals (ADP) - aims to improve the education, training, rehabilitation, and employment opportunities available to all disabled people. Includes document on job-hunting. | |
| Association of Young People with ME - a wealth of information including some tips on managing as a university student with M.E. | |
| Asthma UK - charity for people affected by asthma; website includes section on asthma at work. | |
| Blind Business Association Charitable Trust - support for blind and partially sighted people wishing to set up their own business. (Please note that this website is no longer being updated). | |
| Blind in Business - Blind in Business is a charity based in the City of London; their Employment Service helps young blind students and young blind graduates with the transition from education to employment. | |
| British Dyslexia Association - the BDA represents the needs of dyslexic people on leaving school, in higher education and in work. The website includes employment advice for adults. | |
| British Stammering Association - the BSA is a national organisation for adults and children who stammer, run by people who stammer. The website includes various employment-related articles including text of the booklet: ‘Stammering and employment’. | |
| Diabetes UK - Diabetes UK funds research, campaigns and helps people live with diabetes. The website has a section on ‘Employment and diabetes’, and a downloadable booklet on employment rights. | |
| DIAL UK - a national network of approximately 120 local disability information and advice services run by and for disabled people; website gives details of local services. | |
| Directgov - information for disabled people on topics including employment, education and learning, financial support, accessibility and rights. | |
| Disability Now - online version of the long-established disability campaigning journal; includes a section featuring stories about ‘Working’, as well as job advertisements. | |
| Disabled Entrepreneurs Network - support for disabled people wishing to set up their own business. | |
| DisabledGo Jobs - vacancy website featuring jobs with inclusive employers targeting disabled jobseekers. | |
| EmployAbility - a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to assisting students and graduates with all disabilities, including dyslexia or long term health conditions, into employment. | |
| Employers’ Forum on Disability - an employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects business, with over 300 employers as members; membership list available on website. | |
| Epilepsy Action - member-led epilepsy organisation; a national network of branches, accredited volunteers, regular regional conferences and freephone and email helplines. The website includes information resources on education and employment. | |
| Hearing Concern Link - charity providing support and information to people with a hearing loss, with a section on work and education. | |
| MDF The Bipolar Organisation - website includes Employee's guide to bipolar disorder | |
| Migraine Action - provides information for sufferers on all aspects of migraine, its causes, diagnosis and treatment, including downloadable booklet ‘Migraine at work’. | |
| MIND (National Association for Mental Health) - the leading mental health charity in England and Wales, working to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. The website includes a guide to surviving working life. | |
| Multiple Sclerosis Society - charity for people affected by MS; website includes section on employment. | |
| Narcolepsy UK - information and advice on management of this condition; includes section on education and employment. | |
| National Autistic Society - provides information about autism and Asperger syndrome, the NAS and its services and activities. Includes advice on looking for work, with a 32-page downloadable resource pack for jobseekers ‘The undiscovered workforce’. | |
| National Society for Epilepsy - website includes section on employment. | |
| Prospects - equal opportunities - disability - a section on disability on the official UK graduate careers website, discussing the issues and how to deal with them. | |
| RADAR - a disability-rights campaigning network. The website includes a 36-page booklet ‘Doing work differently: getting and keeping a job while managing ill-health, injury or disability’, and (forthcoming) ‘Doing careers differently’. | |
| Remploy - provides specialist employment services for disabled people and those who experience complex barriers to employment. The website includes details of its Employability Programme for graduates. | |
| Rethink - a national mental health membership charity, working to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life. Includes a section on work. | |
| RNIB - charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight loss. Website includes large section on Employment. | |
| Royal College of Psychiatrists - website contains information on many mental health conditions and a section on work and mental health. | |
| Scope - services focus on areas where disabled people face the greatest inequality, including education and work. The website includes sections on Scope’s Employment Services which operate in three regions of the UK. | |
| Shaw Trust - a national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability, ill health or other social circumstances. | |
| Skill - a national charity promoting opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of impairment in post-16 education, training and employment. Skill closed in April 2011 with many of its functions transferring to the Disability Alliance (http://www.disabilityalliance.org/skill.htm). The old Skill website still has information sheets on postgraduate education for disabled students, and telling people about your disability. | |
| Skill / TDA - Into teaching - the Into Teaching project is designed to actively encourage and support more disabled people to become teachers. | |
| TDA - Able to teach - guidance for providers of initial teacher training on disability discrimination and fitness to teach. |
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Mature Students
| Books, files, videos, leaflets, CD-ROMs & DVDs | |
|---|---|
| Title | Shelfmark |
| Career ahead - finding your niche, landing your perfect job, making an impact, doing your own thing | 1.1 |
| Career change handbook - how to match your ideas, passions and goals to the needs of employers. Contains exercises and sample letters and CVs. | 1.1 |
| Career reboot - how to break out of a career rut in difficult times | 1.1 |
| Complete career makeover - Guardian guide for anyone considering changing jobs, including advice on retraining or being your own boss | 1.1 |
| Finding square holes: discover who you are and find the perfect career - career development through raising self-awareness, using techniques from neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and Myers-Briggs personality typing model | 1.1 |
| Planning a career change - contains exercises and checklists to help you take stock of your situation and plan your new direction | 1.1 |
| Rebuilding your life after redundancy - how to cope with redundancy, with lots of practical suggestions, eg getting a trade, retraining, running your own business, working overseas | 1.1 |
| Take charge! focused and inspirational advice for career changers - written by an experienced career coach for people who have lost their way career-wise, or never really found it. Contains a mixture of looking at broader issues of career choice and practical advice, eg about CVs. | 1.1 |
| Websites | |
|---|---|
| Age Positive - Dept of Work and Pensions page with links to Age Positive publications | |
| Association for Non-traditional Students in Higher Education - international partnership of students, academic professionals, institutions, and organisations for the encouragement and coordination of support, education, and advocacy for the adult learner | |
| Campaign Against Age Discrimination in Employment - American site campaigning against ageism in employment | |
| Career shifters - for anyone making a major career change, run by people who have done it. | |
| Employers Forum on Age - independent network of leading employers who recognise the value of an age diverse workforce. Advice and information on good practice in age diverse workforce. | |
| Prospects - equal opportunities - age - age and employment issues section of the national graduate careers website | |
| The Age Employment Network (TAEN) - aims to promote an effective job market serving the needs of people in mid and later life, employers and the economy |
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Race & Ethnicity
| Books, files, videos, leaflets, CD-ROMs & DVDs | |
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| Title | Shelfmark |
| Higher education - a guide for asylum seekers in Yorkshire and Humber | 1.3 |
| Websites | |
|---|---|
| Equality and Human Rights Commission - works to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality and protect human rights. Useful statements of individual rights under the law and what to do about discrimination on the grounds of disability, age, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation or race. | |
| Ethnic Recruitment - recruitment site for jobs in organisations with a positive equal opportunities recruitment policy | |
| Prospects - equal opportunities - race - section of the national graduate careers website relating to racial discrimination | |
| Windsor Fellowship - runs personal development and training programmes targeting talented Black and Asian students in the UK. Leadership programme available for 1st year undergraduates (of 3 year course) or 2nd year (of 4 year course). |
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Criminal Record
| Books, files, videos, leaflets, CD-ROMs & DVDs | |
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| Title | Shelfmark |
| Equal opportunities - File - offenders | 1.3 |
| Websites | |
|---|---|
| Apex Trust - charitable trust seeking to help people with criminal records obtain appropriate jobs or self-employment. Runs Jobcheck helpline for advice on issues affecting ex-offenders, including disclosure of criminal record. | |
| NACRO - organisation providing services and projects for ex-offenders, including helpline Resettlement Plus. |
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