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Equality of opportunity is essential to the efficiency and effectiveness of the College
and to good relations amongst its workforce.
Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (the Act) requires public authorities, in carrying out their functions relating to Northern Ireland, to have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity and regard to the desirability of promoting good relations across a range of categories outlined in the Act. For the purposes of the Act, St Mary’s University College is designated as a public authority and consequently it has agreed its second Equality Scheme.
You can access a copy of the Equality Scheme by clicking on the link below:
Download the Equality Scheme Document
The Scheme is available in alternative formats, on request, from the Equal Opportunities Officer (Tel: 028 9032 7678).
Download the College's Section 75 Annual Report
Download the Disability Action Plan
The policy of the College is to ensure that no person by reason
of religious belief, political opinion, trade union activities,
sex, marital status, race, colour, ethnic origin or disability
is treated less favourably nor is disadvantaged for those reasons
by conditions or requirements which cannot be justified.
This principle applies to applicants for employment, potential
applicants and to employees with respect to advancement, promotion,
transfer, training, benefits, facilities, procedures and all other
terms and conditions of employment. The College is committed
to implementing policies designed to promote equality of opportunity
and fair participation in employment and to reject absolutely
unlawful discrimination of any kind.
Download the Equal
Opportunities Policy
Download the Equal Opportunities Policy Summary
The College recognises that harassment of people at work in the
College is a type of discrimination and procedures to deal with
harassment must be an integral part of any equal opportunities
strategy. The College has, therefore, issued guidelines
on harassment, including sexual harassment and sectarian harassment,
and has established a complaints procedure to deal with it.
Download the Bullying
& Harassment Policy
For further information please contact Mrs Clodagh Hanna (Equality Officer)
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