Evidence for Equality: the future of equality in higher education

Presenting a stimulating and authoritative picture of equality and diversity in higher education - the progress, the challenges and the case for equality.

A collection of thought-provoking and informed keynote speeches first presented at ECU’s Evidence for Equality conference, November 2008.

Detaching origins from destiny: higher education and the equality agenda

• Trevor Phillips OBE, Chair of Equality and Human Rights Commission

Embedding equality: a Hefce perspective

• Professor David Eastwood, Chief Executive of Higher Education Funding Council for England

‘Extreme isolation’: experiences of disabled international students in UK universities

• Armineh Soorenian, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds

‘Standards will drop’: dispelling fears about the equality agenda in higher education

• Professor Chris Brink, Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University

Sophisticated narratives: equality and the role of governing bodies

• Simon Fanshawe, Chair of Council, University of Sussex