Equality and Diversity Report - London School of Economics

This report examines the critical concepts of equality and diversity within the educational context, specifically focusing on the London School of Economics (LSE). It begins with an introduction to equality and diversity in the UK, emphasizing the benefits of promoting these principles for individuals and the legal frameworks that support them, particularly the Equality Act 2010. The report delves into self-reflection on promoting equality, exploring actions to value individual learners and strategies for effective communication. It addresses classroom management techniques designed to foster equality and diversity, including initiatives and collaborations with other agencies. The report also discusses actions that undermine equality and diversity and provides recommendations for improvement. The report covers providing learners with information, and further areas of personal development. The report concludes with the importance of equality and diversity in education and employment, highlighting the significance of protecting individuals from discrimination and ensuring their rights.

EQUALITY AND
DIVERSITY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Equality and diversity in context to UK...........................................................................1
1.2 Benefits of promoting equality and diversity for an individual.......................................1
1.3 Legislation for promoting equality and diversity.............................................................1
2.1 Significance of promoting equality and valuing diversity to protect learners from risk..1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
A) Self-reflection on promoting equality and diversity/ Actions for valuing individual learner1
B Action strategies to promote equality and diversity...........................................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
A ) Classroom management for promoting equality and diversity........................................3
B) Initiatives in promoting equality and diversity/ Working with other agencies for promoting
equality and diversity.............................................................................................................4
(I) 4.2 Recommendations on modification during promotion................................................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................5
4.1 Actions taken by individuals to undermine equality and diversity..................................5
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................5
(A) Practices provided to individual learners with information.............................................5
(B) Areas for further personal development...........................................................................6
(C)Impact on own practice in promoting equality and valuing diversity..............................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Equality and diversity is essential for protecting one from harm and providing an
individual his/her rights. It is helpful for building trust of learners and implementing education
system. The present report is based on understanding significance of promoting equality and
valuing an individual learner of London School of Economics. In this regard, rules and
regulations amended in Equality Act, 2010 are discussed regarding learners' protection from
discrimination and prejudice. Moreover, self-reflection on promoting equality will be introduced
in this assignment. Likewise, communication strategies for the promotion and aware learners
with valuing diversity is to be understood.
TASK 1
1.1 Equality and diversity in context to UK
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1.2 Benefits of promoting equality and diversity for an individual
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1.3 Legislation for promoting equality and diversity
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2.1 Significance of promoting equality and valuing diversity to protect learners from risk
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TASK 2
A) Self-reflection on promoting equality and diversity/ Actions for valuing individual learner
Equality and diversity creates new environment and new learning from the market. This
makes me diverse and creative and innovating in terms of fulfilment of objectives and task. With
the help of this diverse environment. I got learn technical or innovative skills. This helps to
enhance the market opportunity in terms of my future development. As participating in
development and promotion program for London School of Economics' students, I analysed
several positive changes in my skills (Klarsfeld and et.al., 2014). For instance; I improved
communication skills as discussing and promoting learners, understanding and leadership
qualities for managing group and encouraging students towards taking care of equality and
human rights. However, I learned to solve out issues and creating positive environment of the
school as learners' knowledge with equality and human rights. Maintaining equality is important
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because as per the Equality Act 2010, it is considered that there should be no sort of
discrimination or racism, whether it is on the basis of colour, race, gender etc., it is not allowed
at all. Therefore, it should be ensured by the organisation that there must not be any sort of
discrimination and also, if anyone found guilty, they may have to pay huge amount of penalties.
Following steps are to be taken for valuing individual learners and providing equal
human rights to them:
 Increasing knowledge of London School of Economics' students regarding safety and
security (Tideman and Vallentyne, 2017).
 Adding in part of study materials to enhance learners' knowledge with human rights in
terms of education and employment sector
 Emerging feeling of equality among school's students as impacted on their behaviour and
treating with others
 Conducting educational programs to aware learners with human equality rights and
treating all as equal
B Action strategies to promote equality and diversity
Communication is a two way process of exchanging information and sharing data from
one place to another. However, for increasing students' awareness towards equality and valuing
diversity in London School of Economics, following strategies are to be applied as:
 Conducting group meetings and sessions for learners' awareness with human rights
 Group discussion programs for enhancing their knowledge with equality rights and
protecting oneself from discrimination (UK legislation on equality, 2016).
 Giving them assignment and tasks for developing their awareness with the concept of
equality and human rights
 Creating environment of sharing views and ideas of learners regarding expressing their
views and building up confidence appropriately
Action strategies: action strategies are very necessary for the organisation to adopt the
necessary changes in the organisation. This helps to make the effective approach this is the
effective approach which helps to take the action furthermore, strategy action is to make future
goals and objectives for implementing the strategies.
2.3 Explain good practice in providing individual learners with information where is the solution
to this question?
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It is required for practising human rights and equality awareness for society and communities. In
this regard, below mentioned considerations are to be taken with care as discussed:
 Providing clear, concise and understandable information to learners.
 Advertising human rights and regulations in respect of public awareness with it.
 Encouraging people towards grabbing equal opportunities without any discrimination of
age, gender and so on.
TASK 3
A ) Classroom management for promoting equality and diversity
Therefore, by implementing above mentioned tips will be effective for classroom management
and increasing knowledge of students towards equality and human rights.
For promoting diversity and equality in the classroom following steps to be considered in the
activity.
 Preparing strategies and conducting development programs for promotion of equity.
 Identifying students' awareness with equality rights and valuing diversity.
 Creating positive and effective environment of the classroom and increasing awareness
towards human rights.
 Conducting group discussion and team building work among learners effectively.
 Adopt workshops for the students seminars in order to grab the effective management
tools. This helps to enhance the knowledge of the students.
 Adopt training sessions and introduce them with guest faculties in order to adopt the
equality and diversity.
 Organising sessions in which the employees have to interact with each other.
 It will also help in relaxing their mind from the daily hectic schedule.
 Therefore, all these factors can be included in order to make the operations and functions
more productive.
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B) Initiatives in promoting equality and diversity/ Working with other agencies for promoting
equality and diversity
Being equality and diversity coordinator of the school, I took some initiatives for its
promotion and increasing students' awareness towards it as:
 Coordination in preparing strategies and aware learners with its essentials.
 Conducting training and development program for increasing knowledge of learners at
higher level.
 Effective coordination among students and equal treating with people
 Supports in education and sports helpful for creating friendly and effective atmosphere of
the school.
For promotion of equality and valuing diversity, coordination of other agencies who work
for social care will be effective. Similarly, variety of ideas can be generated for promotion and
increasing awareness with people in wide range. Including this, recent culture and methods to
understand learners are obtained to enhance their confidence (Burri, 2014). Along with this,
development of an individual can be gained as with awareness of equal rights and understanding
diversity. However, positive and developing environment of education and training system will
be created as essential for an individual's development.
(I) 4.2 Recommendations on modification during promotion
Promotion of equality and diversity can be done through conducting development and
social awareness programs. In this regard, following recommendations are to be considered as:
 Advertising of upcoming social event as well encouraging learners to attend it.
 All ethical considerations are to be considered during promotion as of discussing method
and creating understanding of people with human rights (Botha and Govindjee, 2017).
 Knowledge of legislation amended in Equality Act as against discrimination and
protecting oneself from harm.
 Advertise the social welfare and promote diversity in the environmental to make
innovative and creative environment.
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TASK 4
4.1 Actions taken by individuals to undermine equality and diversity
For gaining and increasing knowledge of equality and diversity, different sources are
available as impacts on human rights and protecting them from discrimination (Ni, B and Harris,
2014). However, an individual can take following actions for gaining knowledge as:
 Participation in development and awareness program conducted by school and social
agencies.
 Communicating with other students and teachers of London School of Economics for
enhancing knowledge regarding social care and human rights.
 Understanding usefulness of equality and diversity as well its impact on organisation’s
culture.
 Provide learning and training sessions with the individuals in order to take the effective
management tools to enhance the effective services.
 Make them aware about the importance of diversity and equality in order to enhance the
individual skills and potential.
TASK 5
(A) Practices provided to individual learners with information
It is required for practising human rights and equality awareness for society and
communities. In this regard, below mentioned considerations are to be taken with care as
discussed:
 Providing clear, concise and understandable information to learners.
 Advertising human rights and regulations in respect of public awareness with it.
Encouraging people towards grabbing equal opportunities without any discrimination of age,
gender and so on.
 Give the effective tool of management in terms of getting good management skills.
 In my teaching session I took the class of equality and diversity in which I taught
different examples of diversity which shows the importance and necessary of that in
management skills.
 I organised social campaign in order to meet the objectives.
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(B) Areas for further personal development
Participating in promotion for equality and diversity within London School of Economics
was great experience for me. As I learned a lot about human and social rights similarly
improving skills and understanding with UK legislation (Tideman and Vallentyne, 2017). On
critical evaluation, it is evaluated that time management and using information technologies are
needed for me. For presenting views and emphasis on each individual learner, it is needed for me
to increase these in the further years. Participate more in social activities and adopt different new
culture in which company makes new effective environment. It gives opportunity and growth for
future achievement.
(C)Impact on own practice in promoting equality and valuing diversity
As understanding UK legislation on equality and valuing diversity of people, I enhanced
knowledge of amended rules and regulations (Thompson, 2016). In addition to this, I improved
communication skills expressing ideas and views on promotion and team building with other
agencies for social care. However, different practices are increased regarding human rights and
protecting an individual from discrimination and taking care of his/her rights. With the help of
effective achievements and development in the school. All management students get to learn new
things and achievement in order to full fill their future goals. Another impact of the new
learnings is to adopt the positive environment. The two things that I could have done better for
promoting equality and diversity is that I could have presented a motivational speech on that in
order to make everyone aware of the importance of equality. Also, I could have made more
interaction with the people so that I could have made them understood in a very efficient and a
positive way.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded that equality and diversity is crucial for human rights and protection of
individual from discrimination. In this regard, promotional and communication strategies for
awareness of London School of Economics' learners are discussed. Including this, significance of
equality and diversity is identified in terms of education and employment sector. However, self-
reflection on participating in development program is identified impacted on learning and
understanding with UK legislation in this report.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Botha, J. and Govindjee, A., 2017. Prohibition through confusion: Section 12 of the promotion of
Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000. Stellenbosch Law
Review. 789(2). pp.245-268.
Burri, S., 2014. EU Gender Equality Law, Update 2013. European Union.
Klarsfeld and et.al., 2014. Introduction: equality and diversity in 14 countries–analysis and
summary. Stellenbosch Law Review. 89(2). pp.24-26.
Ni Chonaill, B. and Harris, R., 2014. Equality of access to higher education: discussion of
emerging issues regarding the performance of migrants at the Institute of Technology
Blanchardstown. The ITB Journal. 78(1). pp.8.
Thompson, N., 2016. Anti-discriminatory practice: Equality, diversity and social justice.
Palgrave Macmillan.
Tideman, N. and Vallentyne, P., 2017. 20. Left-Libertarianism and Global Justice. Revival:
Human Rights in Philosophy and Practice (2001). 89(7). pp.90-99.
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UK legislation on equality. 2016. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance>.
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