What else is unlawful under the Act?

The Equality Act 2010 also prohibits further and higher education institutions from victimising:

• prospective students
• students at the institution
• in some limited circumstances former students
• disabled people (non-students) who hold or who have applied for a qualification conferred by the institution.

Victimisation is defined in the Act as:

Treating someone badly because they have done a ‘protected act’ (or because the institution believes that a person has or is going to do a protected act).

A ‘protected act’ is:

• Making a claim or complaint of discrimination (under the Equality Act).
• Helping someone else to make a claim by giving evidence or information.
• Making an allegation that the further or higher education institution or someone else has breached the Act.
• Doing anything else in connection with the Act.

Harassment and victimisation are explained in more detail in Key concepts.