Further reading
Week 1
Throughout the course there will be references to content from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, or CIPD. They have a useful page dedicated to Inclusion and Diversity [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] , providing an overview of their viewpoint alongside links to relevant reports, guides and podcasts.
Another useful collection of resources can be found on training and consultancy organisation in Equilibrium’s page on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion resources.
How does racism manifest itself in schools and workplaces? Explore the policies that discriminate against Black and Minority Ethnic communities in this immersive film interactive: Good hair: perceptions of racism.
Race and Ethnicity Hub: this award-winning hub offers fresh perspectives on race, racism and ethnicity through free courses, articles, interactives and audio/visual materials.
If you prefer listening: The Diversity Trust podcast – focuses on a wide range of diversity and inclusion issues from allyship to gender identity The Diversity Trust podcast
Week 2
Equality act:
Equality act guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission:
Disability:
GOV.UK guidance on the Access to Work scheme: https://www.gov.uk/ access-to-work
#PartofMe Podcast – guests share their experiences of how they manage their disability in the workplace https://celebratingdisability.co.uk/ part-of-me-podcast/
Neurodiversity:
Document covering reasonable adjustments an individual may need when transitioning from university to the workplace. Broken down into individual challenges, e.g. reading and writing, spoken communication, etc. https://www.agcas.org.uk/ write/ MediaUploads/ Resources/ Disability%20TG/ Reasonable_Adjustments_-_Neurodiversity.pdf
Toolkit providing information and advice that can be used to help make workplaces more inclusive for neurodivergent workers: https://www.base-uk.org/ sites/ default/ files/ knowledgebase/ neurodiversity_workplace_toolkit.pdf
ACAS podcast – ‘Thinking differently about neurodiversity’
Race:
Developing an anti-racism strategy explores the six principles the CIPD recommends to help you create a racially inclusive workplace.
This independent review by Baroness McGregor-Smith considers the issues affecting black and minority ethnic (BME) groups in the workplace. https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ race-in-the-workplace-the-mcgregor-smith-review
This Law Society guide provides a useful overview of terminology and language https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/ en/ topics/ ethnic-minority-lawyers/ a-guide-to-race-and-ethnicity-terminology-and-language
How does racism manifest itself in schools and workplaces? Explore the policies that discriminate against Black and Minority Ethnic communities in this immersive film interactive: Good hair: perceptions of racism.
Race and Ethnicity Hub: this award-winning hub offers fresh perspectives on race, racism and ethnicity through free courses, articles, interactives and audio/visual materials.
Sex:
The CIPD provides a useful range of factsheets covering sex discrimination and employment https://www.cipd.co.uk/ knowledge/ fundamentals/ emp-law/ sex-discrimination/ factsheet#gref
Protected characteristics not covered in this course:
Marriage and civil partnership
The Equality and Human Rights Commission provides a useful overview of marriage and civil partnership discrimination at work https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/ en/ advice-and-guidance/ marriage-and-civil-partnership-discrimination
Pregnancy and maternity
The Equality and Human Rights Commission provides a useful overview of pregnancy and maternity in the workplace https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/ en/ pregnancy-and-maternity-workplace
Week3
Age:
Religion or belief:
Gender reassignment:
The University of Warwick provides a useful Introduction to Key LGBTQUIA+ Terms (relevant to both trans identity and sexual orientation) An Introduction to Key LGBTQUIA+ Terms
Sexual orientation:
An overview from Planned Parenthood explaining sexual orientation and its difference from gender identity.
Find out how to be a better LGBTQI+ ally with this interactive activity from the Open University’s OpenLearn platform.
Intersectionality:
Detailed overview of theory and practice Intersectionality Theory and Practice
Social capital:
Social Capital Research provides a really useful Introduction to Social Capital, through a series of articles by Tristan Claridge. Introduction to Social Capital
Social capital and links to different characteristics
Gender:
Timberlake, S. (2005) Social capital and gender in the workplace, Journal of Management Development, 24(1): 34–44. Abstract available at https://www.researchgate.net/ publication/ 235290332_Social_Capital_and_Gender_in_the_Workplace
Collishon, M. & Eberl, A. (2021) Social capital as a partial explanation for gender wage gaps, British Journal of Sociology 72(3) 757–773. Available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ doi/ full/ 10.1111/ 1468-4446.12833
Inequality:
Bolaños, N., Saucedo-Acosta, E. & Callejo Canal, D. (2020) Inequality, social capital, and varieties of capitalism in Latin America, Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 34(1): 1583-1602. Available at https://www.tandfonline.com/ doi/ full/ 10.1080/ 1331677X.2020.1844583
Bullying:
Pihl, P., Albertsen, K., Hogh, A.& Andersen, L. (2017) Social capital and workplace bullying, Work 57(4): 535-545. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/ publication/ 318847198_Social_capital_and_workplace_bullying
Neurodiversity:
Edwards, A. (2021) Neurodiversity and Workplace Social Capital Effects on Employee Attitudes and Intentions, Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection. Available at https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/ cgi/ viewcontent.cgi?article=11209&context=dissertations
Week 4
Useful glossaries:
Your A-Z Diversity & Inclusion Glossary, provided by Hive Learning
Unconscious bias
A list of resources and publications compiled by the University of St Andrews: Unconscious Bias: Resources & Publications
If you prefer visual learning, the YouTube Reframe series contains some interesting content, including this short video on bias.
Microaggressions
A useful PDF listing different ways of responding to microaggressions and bias: Responding to microaggressions and bias
How does racism manifest itself in schools and workplaces? Explore the policies that discriminate against Black and Minority Ethnic communities in this immersive film interactive: Good hair: perceptions of racism.
Race and Ethnicity Hub: this award-winning hub offers fresh perspectives on race, racism and ethnicity through free courses, articles, interactives and audio/visual materials.
Week 5
Strategy writing
This diversity and inclusion webinar from People Insight provides a useful overview of the steps you could take.
Metrics and measurement
Survey Monkey provides useful advice on How to measure diversity and inclusion for a stronger workplace, including survey templates and explaining the methodology.
Benchmarks
If you want to explore the Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Benchmarks in more detail, d&i leaders presents three short videos: What is the GDEIB? How is the GDEIB used? How can the GDEIB be used for measurement? Find them at https://dileaders.com/ gdeib/
Week 6
Kings College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience has produced a useful inclusive recruitment toolkit.
Although Diverse Educators is an organisation focused on diversity in schools, their Inclusive recruitment toolkit provides links to many resources that will be relevant to all.
Prospects provides a useful Overview of strengths-based interviews
Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 explains the legislation around positive action in recruitment and promotion: Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)
If you prefer listening:
Recruiting Future podcast – showcases practitioners and thought leaders specialising in talent acquisition. There are currently 49 episodes with a diversity and inclusion theme.
Week 7
If you want to explore which companies are currently doing well with their diversity and inclusion work, Inclusive Companies produces a top 50 2021/ 22 ranking. Look at the websites of the top 10, or organisations similar to your own, to see what they are doing/saying.
The Creative Equity Toolkit provides resources to support cultural diversity in the creative sector.
Arts Council England’s Culture Change toolkit
Policies
As you have already seen, EW Group has created a useful list of the 10 policies your organisation needs, but they also offer advice on diversity policy review .
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) provides a free to use Equality, diversity and inclusion policy template.
Week 8
An interesting academic paper on Envisioning the place and future of diversity and inclusion in organisations.
Consultancy firm Affinity have sponsored a white paper on The future of diversity, equity and inclusion 2022. You must leave your details to access this free report.
Race and Ethnicity Hub: this award-winning hub offers fresh perspectives on race, racism and ethnicity through free courses, articles, interactives and audio/visual materials.
How does racism manifest itself in schools and workplaces? Explore the policies that discriminate against Black and Minority Ethnic communities in this immersive film interactive: Good hair: perceptions of racism.
If you prefer to watch/listen: CBI @10am: The future of diversity and inclusion webinar