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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion at our college

City College Norwich believes that diversity is natural and equality is right and that equality, diversity and inclusion are everyone’s responsibility. City College Norwich intends to lead by example on equality and diversity by being pro-active, practical and positive.

We promote equality because we know it’s the right thing to do.

Research shows that more equal societies are better for everyone (www.equalitytrust.org.uk). Equality is about being valued for who and what we are. This helps us to achieve our best without unfair obstacles, stigma or stereotyping, or being restricted by anyone’s expectations of our ability.

In practice, equality means three things for all of us:

  • Being able to get to, in to and around our sites and complete the learning journey, with equal ease and dignity.
  • Having a sense of belonging and well-being.
  • Feeling the place, the programmes and the policies have been designed with us all in mind.

We value diversity because it makes our organisations more creative places to learn and work.

We celebrate the fact that our students and staff, are from different social and ethnic backgrounds; women or men, cisgender or transgender; black and white; of all ages, cultures and faiths; lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and straight; disabled and non-disabled; from nearby and further afield.

We know that diverse teams make better decisions, and diverse classrooms produce richer
learning. Diverse groups are much more likely to be more in tune with reality.

In practice, this means:

  • Seeing and hearing people like ourselves around, as learners and staff, so that our organisations mirror the diversity of society.
  • Listening to different points of view to improve how we run our organisations.
  • Valuing our differences as well as the things we have in common.

Our Equality and Diversity PolicyEquality Statement and Objectives and Gender Pay Gap Report are available on the Policies and Procedures page of this website.  

Accessibility information

We are proud to work with AccessAble (formerly DisabledGo) to give you the detailed information you need about the accessibility of our sites and services.

AccessAble's detailed Accessibility Guides tell you all about a venue's access. They are 100% facts, figures and photographs.

You can check out the facts, and explore the details, before you leave home or on the move using AccessAble’s App and Website.

See our Access Guide

Access and Participation Plans

The College is committed to ensuring all students from all groups in our community can access Higher Education and succeed in their studies.

You can find our Access and Participation plans, including an impact report for the Office for Students on the progress made against our targets, objectives and written commitments, on the Higher Education Student Information page.