Cardiff Law School - Cardiff University

28 Equality and Diversity
Equality and Diversity
Pupils from 2011’s Law and the Environment Summer School
Equal Opportunities
Cardiff Law School is a diverse community
with a shared commitment to promoting
equality, dignity and respect. We are working
to create and support a representative
community that is inclusive and accessible to
all. These commitments apply to all staff,
students and any other members of the
School and extend to every aspect of the
School’s internal and external activities.
All offers to study at Cardiff University are
made solely on the basis of academic merit.
The Law School conducts its student
recruitment and selection procedures on an
equal opportunities basis. We are committed
to ensuring that all applicants are treated
equally, regardless of their age, colour, race,
ethnic or national origins, sex, sexual
orientation, marital status, family
responsibilities, disabilities, or their political
or religious beliefs.
Disabled Applicants
Our disability team works with administrative,
academic and pastoral support staff, both
within the Law School and across the
University, to ensure that no students are
disadvantaged in their programme of study by
disability. We work with students to identify
and remove barriers to their successful study,
wherever reasonably possible.
We encourage applicants who have specific
requirements related to a disability, specific
learning difficulty (such as dyslexia) or
medical condition to discuss these with us at
an early stage. We are happy to provide
information about the admissions procedure,
methods of teaching, course delivery,
physical access to the School and to discuss
with you how we might make adjustments to
meet your needs. In addition, the University’s
disability advisers can provide information
about learning support, funding and about
the University’s physical environment. Where
appropriate, informal visits can be arranged
in which applicants can view accommodation
and meet academic staff.
Student Support Centre,
50 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT.
Tel/Minicom: (029) 2087 4528
www.cf.ac.uk/dyslx/index.html
Non-Standard’ Applicants
The School welcomes ‘non-standard’
applicants and admits a number each year,
some of whom may have been out of formal
education for a considerable time. Many will
have prepared for a return to study by taking
an Access course or A-levels; however,
potential may be demonstrated in other
ways, such as by relevant voluntary or paid
employment. Applicants with a ‘non-standard’
background may be invited for interview and
to sit an aptitude test as an alternative
means of showing their academic potential.
Widening Access
Through its ‘Step Up’ scheme and other
activities, the Law School plays an active role
in encouraging applications from a diverse
range of students across Wales. The Step Up
scheme gives students in participating
schools a ‘taster’ of life as a law student
through visits to the Law School and a
residential summer school. More details can
be found on the University Widening Access
Office’s website at:
www.cf.ac.uk/about/community/
universityforall/wa
Useful links
The Law Society’s Equality and Diversity
Policy and Strategy:
www.lawsociety.org.uk
The Bar Standards Board’s Equality and
Diversity Code
www.barstandardsboard.org
Skill: National Bureau for Students
with Disabilities
www.skill.org.uk/