Equality and diversity good practice fund:
Developing staff awareness of equality and
diversity issues
23 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/fundedprojects/
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-diversityknowledge-exchange-webinars/