Morley College was used as an example of good practice for embedding LGBT cross-college in the curriculum at the British Council seminar on Thursday 13th February in an international live stream.

In her talk Laila El-Metoui, who has been co-ordinating Educate Out Prejudice^definition with Carole Powell, suggests that in order for the education provider to be truly inclusive, the institution needs to have:

•             Zero tolerance policy – policy needs to be enforced through lesson observation

•             Visibility (posters displayed in prominent locations, course guide inclusive of diversity of students, etc.)

•             Teacher Training  / staff training on how to tackle discrimination

•             Teaching resources  (including induction materials) inclusive of LGBT, easily accessible

•             Paperwork  (forms, incident records, policy, etc.) that reflect the range of gender identity and sexual orientation

•             Forum to raise issues / concerns (does the complaint form include homophobia and transphobia)

•             Inclusive data collection and monitoring

•             Support for learners ( access to services inside and outside of the institution

•             Support for staff

•             Senior Management buy-in

The comments and responses at the seminar were overwhelmingly positive.

The talk can be viewed on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkygkkowp60