1. Equal Opportunities Introductory Presentation Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

2. Aims To introduce students to the concept of equal opportunities and diversity To make students aware of current legislation To provide students with further access to information via web addresses To give students the opportunity to define and deconstruct examples of prejudice To give students the opportunity to define and deconstruct examples of discrimination To give students the opportunity to define and deconstruct examples of stereotyping Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

3. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunities is about having the same rights and opportunities for individuals in society regardless of their gender, race, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, language or religion. Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

4. Legislation Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Race Relations Act 1976 Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

5. Equal Opportunities www.eoc.org.uk www.drc-gb.org.uk www.cre.gov.uk Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

6. Definition 1 Prejudice: An opinion, formed without reason, knowledge or experience – “Although he has never met one, he has a prejudice against Australians” Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

7. Task Try and think of as many examples of prejudice as you can, then in pairs create a spider diagram on the flipchart paper provided Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

8. Definition 2 Discrimination To notice, indicate or treat with a difference Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

9. Task In your pairs crate a list of people who might be discriminated against detailing how these people might be treated differently of unfairly. Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

10. Definition 3 Stereotyping Pre-judgement of a person based on generalisations about ‘types’ of people rather than responding to people as individuals Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

11. Task In your pairs create a set of spider diagrams including: a list of people who are often stereotyped with details of how these people are stereotyped or portrayed. Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity

12. Outcomes Students have explored the concept of equal opportunities and diversity Students are now aware that there is legislation surrounding the issue of equal opportunities Students now have access to further information via web addresses provided Students have defined and deconstructed examples of prejudice Students have defined and deconstructed examples of discrimination Students have defined and deconstructed examples of stereotyping Coleg Gwent / Ebbw Vale / Learning Advisors / Enrichment Programme / Equality and Diversity