Harassment
The Equality Act 2010 also prohibits further and higher education institutions from harassing:
- 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
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.
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019