Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Careers Advisory Service

General

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) - good quality information on a range of diversity and equality issues in the workplace, including age and disability discrimination and equal pay
Diversity Exchange - UK & European information resource about diversity. Includes jobs section for which you have to register.
Diversity Milkround - aiming to promote awareness of diversity issues in the workplace, and ultimately connect undergraduates and graduates from diverse backgrounds with UK employers. Job vacancies and Jobs by e-mail service.
Equality & Human Rights Commission - Law, campaigns and useful links (formerly Equal Opportunities Commission)
Graduate Prospects - handling discrimination - issues and how to deal with them. Information on 12 different groups.
Hobsons GET - guide to equality & rights. Has sections on age; disability; ethnicity; gender; religion; sexual orientation.

Age Related Issues

Graduate Prospects pages on age-related issues in the context of handling discrimination - includes guidance on finding positive employers, marketing yourself and case studies.
Age Positive - a government campaign promoting the benefits of employing older people. As well as advice on legislation, it includes jobseekers' links to 30+ recruitment agencies specialising in mature applicants
Employers Forum on Age - Independent network of leading employers tackling ageism at work. Newsletters, events and legislation
Department for Education and Skills - Section on adult learners
Dinosaurs Unlimited - recruitment agency specialising in mature applicants.
Age Concern's Making a Case Against Discrimination is a guide for advisers but may be useful reading for anyone affected by this issue.

Deafness

RNID Employment, Training and Skills Service - contact details for local RNID Employment Advisers who offer advice, support, guidance and assistance with developing skills, finding jobs and arranging work experience
British Deaf Association - useful llinks and an online Information Directory
Deaf and Creative - information about studying and working in creative arts, includes case studies and job vacancies
DeafClub - a deaf internet search engine with good links to deaf related job/career websites
Deaf Lawyers - website providing advice and information for deaf lawyers and students interesting in entering the legal profession
RNID - Royal National Institute for Deaf people. RNID Employment Advisers offer job preparation and provide access to employer contacts and work experience opportunities
Royal Association for Deaf people - includes job vacancies

To subscribe to an e-mail list of deaf related jobs (not a website) send a blank e-mail to: deaf-uk-jobs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Ethnicity

Target Chances - free careers events aimed at ethnic minority students. Recent sectors have included investment banking, law (City + regional firms), public sector, property. See the website for dates.
Black and Asian Grads - website set up by Manchester University Career Service, with vacancies, case studies, job-hunting advice, discussion forum.
Kal - magazine for Black & Asian graduates. Features, editorials plus a list of some graduate recruiters and links to their pages
National Mentoring Consortium - supports ethnic minority undergraduates by linking them with mentors
Windsor Fellowship - programmes to aid ethnic minority students achieve their potential

Ex-Offenders

Prospects has excellent advice in the ‘Handling Discrimination’ section including: understanding the law e.g. rehabilitation periods and when a conviction becomes ‘spent’; finding positive employers; marketing yourself, (on CVs, application forms and at interview) and how and when to disclose your conviction to employers.
FuSION - Equality and diversity - a helpful section from the University of Westminster careers service website
Apex Charitable Trust helps people with criminal records obtain appropriate jobs or self-employment by providing skills needed in the labour market and by working with employers.
NACRO - National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders runs education, training and employment services for people who need extra support in preparing for, finding and holding down a job, including ex-offenders.
CIPD – Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has policies and guidance for employers on employing ex-offenders.
Cleo project is a local project offering support, advice and information for ex-offenders living in the BS13 and BS4 areas of Bristol.

Visual Impairment

RNIB Student Website - Royal National Institute for the Blind provide advice and support on choosing a career, links to jobs for students and graduates, and links to regional RNIB Education & Employment Centres
Musicians in Focus - provides information and support for visually impaired music students and professionals.
Action for Blind People - Helps blind and partially sighted people access a wide range of jobs and career development opportunities, offering employment training, advice and practical support in finding and retaining a job, self-employment and work experience.
Blind in Business - Provides a range of services to both undergraduates and graduates who are visually impaired to help with job search, making applications, and preparation for interviews and assessment centres.
Bristol University Library - Assistive Technology Room - details of specialised software, including text-to-speech, Zoomtext, scanner

Gender

Capital Chances - Women Students in Investment Banking - free 2 day annual event, see website for dates. There is also a course focussing on women and technology roles in the City.
Number Ten - online magazine for women students. Features, editorials plus a list of some graduate recruiters and links to their pages.
Where Women Want to Work - a free online service for women to research and compare organisations and read the opinions of women who work there.
Opportunity Now - working and developing activities to improve opportunities for women in the workplace
Child Care Link - For national and local childcare information
Equalitec - database of placements for women students in IT, Electronics and Communications fields, both in the UK and abroad

Sexual Orientation

Diversity - a section from the University of Westminster careers service website: a comprehensive site covering all aspects of LGBT issues to do with selecting companies and applying for work.
Pink News - Employment issues from Europe's largest gay news service
Stonewall - national campaigning group working for legal equality and social justice for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Includes an extensive recruitment guide for students.