The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide. Working effectively with diversity is an essential part of the British Council’s work.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy commits us to ensuring that there is no unjustified discrimination in the recruitment, retention, training and development of staff on the basis of age, disability, gender including transgender, HIV/AIDS status, marital status including civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, political opinion, race/ethnicity, religion and belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, spent convictions, trade union activity or membership, work pattern and on the basis of having or not having dependants or any other irrelevant grounds.
We aim to abide by and promote equality legislation by following both the letter and the spirit of it to try and avoid unjustified discrimination recognising such discrimination as a barrier to equality of opportunity, inclusion and human rights.
Find out more about our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.