PART IVDISCRIMINATION IN OTHER FIELDS

Further and higher education

Discrimination by bodies in charge of further and higher educational establishments27

1

It is unlawful, in relation to an educational establishment falling within paragraph (2), for the governing body of that establishment to discriminate against a person—

a

in the terms in which it offers to admit him to the establishment as a student; or

b

by refusing or deliberately omitting to accept an application for his admission to the establishment as a student; or

c

where he is a student of the establishment—

i

in the way it affords him access to any benefits or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to them; or

ii

by excluding him from the establishment or subjecting him to any other detriment.

2

The educational establishments falling within this paragraph are—

a

a university;

b

an institution of further education within the meaning of the [1997 NI 15.] Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 or an institution providing further education in respect of which grants are paid under Article 5(1) of that Order.

3

In this Article “student” includes any person who receives education at an establishment falling within paragraph (2).