3 Requirements for a Diverse and Inclusive Culture
By Ella Washington and Camille Patrick STORY HIGHLIGHTS Diversity and inclusion require distinct acknowledgement and understanding...
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Sia Najumi
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Inclusive Diversity: The Game Changer
How a practitioner of workplace diversity realised that the success of any diversity effort was only as good as the people who felt...
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Sia Najumi
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Colour blind or colour brave?
The subject of race can be very touchy. Finance executive Mellody Hobson says, it's a "conversational third rail." But, she says, that's...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 26, 20206 min read
Black History Month: Mandela’s Life and Times
Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen, who led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 19, 202012 min read
Black History Month: Parliament and the British Slave Trade
Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries Parliament significantly shaped the progress and development of the transatlantic slave system....
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Sia Najumi
Oct 19, 20204 min read
'I was mistaken for a security guard at my first banking job'
By Daniel Thomas- BBC Business reporter "On my first day in my first banking job I was waiting in the reception area and was mistaken by...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 15, 20202 min read
Company boards 'must have at least one BAME member'
The biggest UK firms should have at least one black, Asian, or minority ethnic (BAME) member on their boards by 2021, business group the...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 15, 20203 min read
Black History Month: Margaret Busby, Doyenne of Black British Publishing
A woman of firsts, editor, writer and broadcaster Margaret Busby OBE became the UK's youngest publisher in 1967. Born in Accra, Ghana to...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 14, 20204 min read
Top 10 tips for diversifying your workplace
How can businesses move to better represent their customers and workforces following the cultural shifts aided by the Black Lives Matter...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 14, 20204 min read
Black History Month: Ottobah Cugoano
The first African to demand total abolition Ottobah Cugoano, also known as John Stuart (c.1757 – after 1791), was an African abolitionist...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 13, 20204 min read
'I altered my personality to fit in at work'
By Tom Espiner - Business reporter BBC NEWS The lack of ethnic diversity at the top of UK companies is coming under increasing focus,...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 8, 20204 min read
5 WAYS TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2020 IN THE WORKPLACE
By Jake Hayes - Director of the Champions Speakers agency Black History Month is one of the most important celebrations of the year. It...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 8, 20201 min read
Black History Month: Let's talk about race - our stories
In this powerful short film produced by the NHS for Black History Month, Mo, Keisha and Shade share their experiences of race and...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 7, 20205 min read
Black History Month: Images of strength and beauty
By Rebecca Thomas- BBC Arts and Entertainment reporter An eclectic collection of images of black people from all sectors of British life...
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Oct 7, 20205 min read
Omitted from History: Asquith Xavier
Pioneering train guard gains recognition for his contribution towards achieving equality in employment law in 1966. Not many will have...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 6, 20204 min read
Black History is British History!
By Dr Vivienne Connell-Hall (PhD) - Sociologist For me, BHM means that for 31 days out of 365 days of the year there is an opportunity to...
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Sia Najumi
Oct 5, 20202 min read
Why Black History Month is more important than ever this year?
Written by Catherine Ross - Founder Director, Museumand - The National Caribbean Heritage Museum 2020 has held a mirror up to the world...
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Sia Najumi
Sep 15, 20207 min read
Putting inclusivity at MR's heart
By AQR In Brief Colour of Research (CORe), a global community promoting diversity in research, is flying high. In Brief talks to...
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Sia Najumi
Sep 9, 20201 min read
How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them
Speaker : Verna Myers Diversity advocate Vernā Myers looks closely at some of the subconscious attitudes we hold toward out-groups. She...
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Sia Najumi
Sep 2, 20201 min read
What do white researchers need to hear? -USA panel discussion
The killing of African American George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis in May 2020, triggered a global focus on the role of...
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