Equal Opportunities

Question 1

Paying higher salaries to individuals with disabilities

Answer 1

1. Presenting promotion opportunities to all age groups
2. Hiring individuals based on their experience and qualifications

Question 2

Who at the department is ultimately responsible for taking action when harassment has been reported?

Answer 2

Head of the department

Question 3

What can be seen as indirect discrimination?

Answer 3

The teacher announces a 5 min break for toilet visits

Question 4

Which of the following are examples of measures to promote equal opportunity in the workplace?

Answer 4

1. Paying higher salaries to individuals with more experience and qualifications
2. Providing training and development opportunities to all employees

Question 5

What can be seen as harassment?

Answer 5

Not wanting to work with someone who is older and perhaps has less computer experience

Question 6

Which are included in the discrimination act?

Answer 6

1. Religion or other beliefs
2. Ethnicity

Question 7

What can be seen as sexual harassment?

Answer 7

All of the above depending on the recipient’s perception

Question 8

What can be seen as direct discrimination?

Answer 8

A teacher is more lenient in correcting the boys’ lab reports because they are not very good at writing

Question 9

Which are included in the discrimination act?

Answer 9

1. Age
2. Sex and sexual orientation
3. Disability
4. Transgender identity or expression

Question 10

Which of the following are examples of measures to promote equal opportunity in education?

Answer 10

1. Disregarding race and ethnicity when admitting students
2. Providing financial assistance (scholarship) to students based on academic results

Question 11

What can be seen as instructions to discriminate?

Answer 11

A teacher tells a group of students not to work with a certain student because of past problems

Question 12

What can be seen as inadequate accessibility?

Answer 12

That the lecture hall only can be accessed via stairs when there is a wheelchair-bound student on the course

Question 13

Which of the following are examples of measures to promote equal opportunity in education?

Answer 13

1. Providing additional resources and support to students with disabilitie
2. Offering scholarships based on academic merit and extracurricular achievements

Question 14

What is the purpose of the Discrimination Act at Uppsala University?

Answer 14

To prevent discrimination and harassment on the basis of ethnicity, sex, religion, age, disabilities, and other protected characteristics