Equality Act 2010 Explanatory Notes

Examples
  • A women’s college which admits only female students is not discriminating unlawfully against men.

  • If the college admits a small number of men to make up the numbers on a particular course of study, it is still regarded as a single-sex college. It is not discriminating unlawfully by refusing to admit men to other courses.

  • A women’s college which admits men to certain courses but refuses to let them use the student cafeteria would be discriminating unlawfully against them.

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