Workshop on Tools for Diversity in Business Schools
Wednesday 26 February 2020, King’s College London
This workshop will equip attendees with ideas for how they can progress equality, diversity and inclusion in their own business schools.
Case studies from different business schools will provide an overview of equality, diversity and inclusivity initiatives that have been successfully implemented. Looking at both what has been taken forward and how that has been done across a range of protected characteristics, there will be an examination of impact and how success is measured.
Participants will take a deep dive into the cases presented, exploring how to improve, adapt and implement similar practices, taking into account their own contexts and strategies. Participants should leave with an action plan for implementing change in their own schools
09:30 Registration
10:00 Welcome and introduction
Dr Edgar Meyer, Associate Dean UG Programmes and Education Quality, Imperial College Business School and Deputy Chair of the Chartered ABS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (Workshop Chair and Facilitator)
10:10 Brighton’s journey to the Race Equality Charter and taking forward other initiatives
Professor Toni Hilton, Dean, Brighton Business School, University of Brighton
10:50 Supporting staff and students with disability
Dr Cynthia Akwei, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University
11:20 Coffee
11:45 The ongoing development of EDI initiatives, training and resources at Imperial College London
Professor Stephen Curry, Assistant Provost Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Imperial College London
12:25 Bias awareness
Dr Juliet Kele, Research Fellow in HRM, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
Hazel Westwood, Director, UG Business Management Programmes (Singapore), Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
12:55 Lunch
13:45 Developing tools for diversity for cultural change in business schools: reflections from Anglia Ruskin University and King’s College London
Professor Sally Everett, Vice Dean (Education), King’s Business School, King’s College London
Sarah Guerra, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, King’s College London
14.25 Group discussions
Participants will discuss in groups initiatives from the case studies and their own examples of tools for diversity, and begin to develop action plans for how these might be progressed in their own institutions
15:30 Feedback and overview
15:50 Closing remarks
16:00 Close
The workshop will take place at:
James Clerk Maxwell Building
King’s College London
57 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8WA
For directions to the venue see here.
This workshop is £185 per person. Register with your colleagues to take advantage of our 25% group booking rate.
To register a group of 6 or more, please email alexander.rees@charteredabs.org to arrange a special booking code.
PLEASE NOTE: if you wish to pay for the event by invoice, you must provide a valid Purchase Order Number when making your booking.
If you have any questions about this workshop please email Gail at gail.norcliffe@charteredabs.org
