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Professor Keith Lumsden, Academic Director of Edinburgh Business School, the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University, commented on the school’s presence in Africa and ...
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Nadia Denton: I feel that black filmmakers in the UK have been unable to adapt to the changes in government policy which have resulted in less grants and ‘lip service’ to diversity. The truth is there ...
The profound lack of ethnic diversity across boardrooms in the UK led to the setting up of the Parker Review. Its recommendations could spur a long-awaited evolution in corporate Britain
The ...
... 50 employees to:
Publish a breakdown of their workforce by race and pay band
Draw up five-year aspirational diversity targets
Nominate a board member to deliver on these targets
Baroness ...
The DiversityInc survey is the most rigorous, data-driven analysis gauging detailed demographics based on race/ethnicity and gender at some of the largest U.S. employers.
The DiversityInc survey ...
Abu Bundu-Kamara UK Diversity Manager
I was educated at ……
… South Bank University (London); I have a Bachelor’s degree in Technology Management and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Finance. ...
New survey reports on the real story of diversity in the UK workplace
The UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has revealed the first findings of a survey carried out to assess the state ...
A recent study revealed that 17% of businesses polled cited the key driver for diversity in their organisation was that it makes business sense.
ReConnect Africa asked leading Diversity expert, Fitzroy ...
Equality and Diversity Charity calls for Nominations for the 2007 Breakthrough Award
The hunt is on for the next unsung hero or heroine of equality in the workplace. Equality and diversity charity, ...
Walking the Talk with Diversity
“We have returned nearly 20 professionals back to the Continent in various levels in our business - including board level Directors,” says John Patterson, Human Resources ...
... they actually know who they are?! For the term ‘cultural diversity’ refers to a person’s origins, their history and traditions; the clothes they wear, food they eat, music they listen to, etc. Indeed, ...
A new study on top executives in South Africa shows that despite progress with racial and gender equity, the leadership landscape is still lacking in diversity
Jack Hammer Executive Headhunters recently ...
... men aged 25 to 40'.
Diversity has become the watchword of companies claiming the desire to see the full spectrum of their customer base reflected in their employees. But how much of this goes beyond ...
Abu Bundu-Kamara UK Diversity Manager
I was educated at ……
… South Bank University (London); I have a Bachelor’s degree in Technology Management and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Finance. ...
... the country. For decades, I have aimed to educate people in the UK and elsewhere about the breadth and diversity of the African continent, the contribution of African countries to the world, and life in ...
... they face.
It is essential for organisations that invoke diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as a corporate value to create a culture that is as free from bias as possible. As Hammer says, ‘it is ...
Editorial - Why Representation Matters
Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about the importance of diversity in the publishing industry. It’s a subject that matters deeply to me because ...
... want change and are re-evaluating the importance of job security and business ethics including their company’s attitude to gender pay parity and diversity and inclusion
Employees have high expectations ...
... poor understanding of the size and diversity of the African continent. All the tools that exist today to shrink the world and expand our knowledge of each other seem rather to have narrowed our thinking ...
... letting failure overcome them and undermine their resolve, they find a way to come back stronger than ever? Because although adversity and stress hits all of us, it is in how we respond that we show who ...
... the very idea of sharing is an intolerable diminution of their status and sense of self.
The ‘D’ Word
A few days later, as I gathered my thoughts in preparation for a workshop on diversity and ...
... the period between 2009 and 2018.
2020 figures mirror the 2019 statistics at 29%, but still fall short of the minimum 30% margin, which is seen as the turning point for greater diversity at senior management ...
... wondering what ‘dramatic’ looks like, this report is supported by findings from Oxford University and Deloitte which suggests that, in the UK alone, 35% per cent of existing jobs – including office and ...
The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
The first Ivorian-based innovation wins the coveted prize in engineering innovation
Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the ...