Equal Opportunities

LSP is committed to promoting equal opportunities, to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practice and eliminating unfair discrimination on grounds of age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, class, nationality, creed, colour, ethnic origin, political belief or disability.

LSP undertakes and promotes equal opportunities in auditions and interviews, in the execution of its curriculum, in teaching, ensuring all tutors and students have rights and responsibilities in relation to the promotion of equality.

LSP aims to provide excellent, flexible, accessible and relevant training and education that is suited to the spaces it uses. Applicants who identify themselves as having disabilities benefit from procedures designed to ensure that they are aware of provision offered by LSP.

In fulfilling LSP's commitment to its policy, LSP will:

• Communicate to all tutors and students LSP's Equal Opportunities policy, informing them of their responsibilities in promoting and maintaining equality.
• Ensure all staff and students are made aware that they have a personal responsibility to create and maintain an environment in which the individual is respected and is accountable for their own behaviour.
• Work to ensure that equality of opportunity is considered in all activities, for example in appointing tutors, in recruiting and supporting students, in teaching and learning, in developing the curriculum.
• Ensure all teaching and marketing materials reflect the LSP's commitment to the equality of opportunity.
• Produce an annual Disability Statement describing its educational provision, facilities and support for people with disabilities (as required by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995)
• Not tolerate any acts of discrimination or harassment by tutors or students, whether they are carried out intentionally or not, and will deal with such acts under its relevant disciplinary procedures.

LSP offers open access to all courses, irrespective of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, class, nationality, creed, colour, ethnic origin, political belief or disability including special needs.

Demonstrable and justifiable criteria are applied to the admissions and assessment procedures to ensure that they are judged against a standard and assessed according to merit and ability. No candidate shall be assessed on the grounds of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, class, nationality, creed, colour, ethnic origin, political belief or disability including special needs.

LSP Policy Implementation

• LSP confirms its commitment to its Equal Opportunities Policy.
• The ultimate responsibility for implementing the Policy rests with the Director of Studies.
• Both formal and informal channels exist for tutors and students to express concerns or complaints about the operation of this procedure. These include the college complaints procedure for tutors and students.