1. General

1.1 BII is committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and endeavours to ensure, through its policies, procedures, and actions that all learners are treated fairly and according to their individual needs.

1.2 Access to our courses is open to all leaners, including groups protected by equality legislation – age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity

2. We aim to ensure that:

2.1 the style and language of our documentation and on-line courses do not reflect stereotyped or biased attitudes or support discrimination against any group including those referred to in paragraph 1.2 above.

2.2 the BII ensure that no learner is subjected to unfair discrimination on any grounds in relation to access to our units, on-line courses, qualifications and assessment activity.

2.3 the BII have effective learner complaints, enquiries and appeals procedures.

3. We will apply this policy:

3.1 through monitoring qualification content, assessment criteria, rules of combination and assessment materials, assessment methods and systems;

3.2 in the selection and actions of all those working on our behalf;

3.3 in the verification and evaluation of assessment;

3.4 by offering special arrangements to learners, who as a result of disability may not be able to fully demonstrate their abilities in prescribed assessment situations, provided that this does not unreasonably affect the standards and outcome of the assessment;

3.5 by regularly consulting learners regarding any specific needs;

3.6 by monitoring all complaints, enquiries and appeals that may suggest discriminatory practice.

4. Policy review:

4.1 This policy is reviewed annually to ensure it continues to meet our needs and those of our learners, customers and regulators.