Handling Discrimination
- Do you think you might face discrimination when seeking employment or further study?
- Use the website links below for support and referral to relevant services
Resources
Graduate Prospects - online national careers service for HE students studying in the UK:
- Drop down 'Careers advice' - click on 'Handling discrimination'
Help for jobseekers facing unfair discrimination, with tips on marketing, understanding the law and finding positive employers.
Sections on age, disability, ex-offenders, gender, mental health, political and ethical issues, race, refugees and asylum seekers, religion and belief and more.
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilites - promoting opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of impairment in post-16 education, training and employment
Citizens Advice Bureau site - click on side-headings 'Your money' for 'Employment' + 'Your rights' for 'Discrimination'
Shaw Trust - supports disabled and disadvantaged people prepare for work, find jobs and live more independently
Jobcentre Plus (Department for Work and Pensions) - providing information on job-hunting services and benefits:
Go to 'Looking for a job?' - click on 'Disabled People & Carers'
Government information site - go 'Straight to...Disabled people'
