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Age discrimination and education
— a legal briefing paper | | Author(s) | Helen Mountfield |
| Corporate Author | Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning - IFLL, NIACE - National Institute of Adult Continuing Education; Matrix Chambers |
| Publisher | NIACE, Leicester, 2010 |
| Pages | 24 pp [IFLL context paper] |
| Source | Download (4/3/10): http://www.niace.org.uk/lifelonglearninginquiry/do... |
| Keywords | Adult Education ; Ageism ; Law ; Reports. |
| Annotation | This briefing paper is intended to outline the historical, existing and potential future law on age discrimination. It is concerned with adult education, defined here as anyone over compulsory school age (aged 16+). It considers the limited effects of discrimination and equality law in the late 20th and early 21st century. The Human Rights Act 1998 (which came into effect on 2 October 2002) has given little protection for people discriminated against on grounds of age in relation to adult education. The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (referred to as the 'Age Discrimination Regulations') cover all vocational training and all training in institutions of higher or further education. The author (a barrister at Matrix Chambers) comments that these Regulations appear not to have to any real shift in thinking about age equality in distribution of educational resources. The last part of this paper looks at the Equality Bill 2009 as it relates to intergenerational equity in relation to education opportunities: Part 6 of the Bill specifically outlaws discrimination on grounds of age in relation to further and higher education and by qualification bodies; and Part 11 proposes a "public sector equality duty". If enacted, this Bill offers the hope of a joined up legal framework for supporting development of educational opportunities across age groups. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100304001 E |
| Classmark | GP: B:TOB: VR: 6K |
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