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).