equality and diversity good practice fund: developing staff awareness of equality and diversity...

Equality and diversity good practice fund: Developing staff awareness of equality and diversity issues23 October 2015

Chris Brill, Senior Policy Adviser

http://www.ecu.ac.uk/goodpracticefund/

Overview

=How to increase…

‒ Staff understanding and engagement with equality and diversity issues

‒ Learners understanding of equality issues.

= Top tips for developing a successful initiative

Developing staff understanding and engagement with equality and diversity

What are some of the key equality issues for learners?

Why should staff increase their understanding of equality and diversity?

Equality and diversity good practice fund

= 29 projects

= Rural urban, spread across England

= All resources can be found on: http://www.ecu.ac.uk/goodpracticefund/funded-projects/

Developing staff understanding and engagement with equality and diversity= Construction Industry Training Board:

‒ Addressing stereotyping of LGB apprentices in construction

= Workers’ Educational Association: ‒ Intersectionality in adult and community learning

= Learn Devon: ‒ Equality and diversity in family learning: religion and beliefs

= Northern College: ‒ TeachDifferent: the identity programme

Top tips: developing staff understanding and engagement with equality and diversity

Top tips: developing staff understanding and engagement with equality and diversity= Identify ‘what’s in it for me/us’

= Create a safe learning environment

=Ground in peoples realities

=Understand/work on own biases

= Keep a focus on behavioural change

= Pass on and act on learner feedback

Developing learner understanding of equality and diversity

Developing learner understanding of equality and diversity

= BCTG Limited: Identifying staff and learner development needs in challenging discrimination

=Hartlepool College of Further Education: Beyond the Big Picture

Top tips: developing learner understanding of equality and diversity

Developing a successful initiative

Top tips: developing a successful initiative

1. Respond to or develop an evidence base 2. Work collaboratively with:

‒ Learners‒ Internal/external partners

3. Clearly designed project plan‒ Timeline of activities ‒ Review outcomes

Questions and answers

Future events

= Raising aspirations of underrepresented groups

= Engaging employers to advance equality in workplace learning

= http://www.ecu.ac.uk/events/equality-and-diversity-knowledge-exchange-webinars/