This week is National Inclusion Week, designed to celebrate everyday inclusion. It’s an opportunity to change minds and share, promote and inspire inclusion practices and culture. The theme for National Inclusion Week 2020 is “Each One, Reach One”.
This annual campaign, run by Inclusive Employers, is now in its 8th year and aims to “raise awareness on the importance of inclusion in the workplace and the business benefits of having a diverse and included workforce”. As a member organisation, our staff can book places on their diversity events/workshops for free.
As part of National Inclusion Week, we would like to invite you to take a moment to explore some of the ED&I best practice resources available and meet some of the people behind them.
Each day this week we’ll be publishing some of the resources available to our staff. In today’s edition:
Unconscious bias factsheet
This fact sheet was produced by Inclusive Employers, to explain what is meant by unconscious bias and provides explanations on how self-awareness and changing our thinking habits can impact our thoughts on how we view the world and the decisions we make. It provides tips of how we can manage our biases by acknowledging them and acting to contradict them. Find out more on our SharePoint and take advantage of our training video on Blackboard.
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Lib/Guide
The Library is working with staff and students to diversify its resources to be more inclusive and include resources on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and any other group which individuals identify as. You can get involved by suggesting books and other resources which they can make available to everyone.
Reasonable Adjustments (MyHR)
A new reasonable adjustment form in MyHR has been produced to capture reasonable adjustment details for staff with a disability. This means that employees and managers will be able to record, review and access agreed reasonable adjustments as and when required and ensure that the needs of the individual is met. More information can be found in the sussed news article and on the diversity webpage on reasonable adjustments.
The University’s Reasonable Adjustments Guide is a practical tool, which offers advice, guidance and support to staff and managers to determine and agree on reasonable adjustments for all staff and students with a disability. The HR website provides staff information on the kinds of reasonable adjustments staff can consider.
Coming up this week:
- Parents & Carer’s Network guide
- Inclusive Language guide
- Guidelines for accessible conferences
- Best practice example: SOTSEF
Have you read our Staff Matters Special Edition on Equality Diversity and Inclusion?
