BSC Awards Equal Opportunities Statement

BSC Awards fully supports the principle of equal opportunities and opposes all unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of ability, age, colour, culture, disability, domestic circumstances, employment status, gender, marital status, nationality, political orientation, racial origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and social background.

BSC Awards aims to ensure that equality of opportunity is promoted in access to its products and services and that unlawful or unfair discrimination, whether direct or indirect, is eliminated.

As an awarding body, BSC Awards will ensure that:

  • the widest possible diversity of candidates can access the content and assessment of its qualification programmes;
  • the entry requirements, content and assessment demands of its qualification programmes are appropriate to the knowledge, understanding and skills specified and do not act as unnecessary barriers to achievement;
  • it endeavours to produce materials that do not cause offence;
  • the language used in its assessment materials is clear, free from bias and appropriate to the programme of study and target group;
  • it acts fairly at all times when working with centres, course providers and candidates;
  • its products and services are regularly reviewed against this statement.

BSC Awards expects its centres and course providers to:

  • adhere to current equal opportunities legislation;
  • operate an effective equal opportunities policy with which candidates are familiar and which applies to all candidates undertaking programmes of study leading to BSC Awards qualifications.

This statement is issued to BSC Awards staff, committee members, examiners and other fee-earning personnel. The statement is signposted in each qualification specification and may be downloaded from the BSC Awards website.

This statement is reviewed annually and may be revised in response to customer and stakeholder feedback, changes in BSC Awards practices, actions from the regulatory authorities or changes in legislation.

BSC Awards contact details for this policy

Sarah Reed
Qualifications Manager
British Safety Council Awards
London W6 9RS
Telephone: 020 8600 1031
E-mail: sarah.reed@bscawards.org

First published: April 2004

Last updated: April 2006

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