Question : What is the Equal Opportunities Form used for?
Updated : 12 February 2016 16:04
Category : Applications
Answer :
The Royal College of Art is committed to creating an environment of mutual respect, where differences are valued and respected and where innovation, creativity and diversity can flourish. Positive working relationships - whether between staff and staff, staff and students or students and students - are central to this. Mutual respect is facilitated by the promotion of values of dignity, courtesy and respect, alongside a culture of zero tolerance of bullying and harassment.
To monitor the operation of this policy it is necessary to collect information from all applicants and staff on the key characteristics that relate to equal opportunities in employment.
The information collected will be stored and processed in accordance with Data Protection Principles for the purpose of preparing anonymised statistical reports.The information collected will form a confidential record. It will be used only to monitor the operation of the Equality & Diversity Policy. All data collected is covered by the Data Protection Act (1998).
The information will not be made available to the selection panel and will not, therefore, be used in any part of the recruitment decision making process.