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Award-winning apprentice won’t let autism get in the way

To celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Week, a childcare apprentice who worried that her autism would affect her career prospects, shares with others who have a disability how rewarding an apprenticeship can be.

Plexal announces first 10 innovators for OpenDoor – social inclusion programme

The twelve week social inclusion programme will support products, services or projects that make work more inclusive.

Accenture tops Refinitiv Index of World’s most diverse and inclusive companies

Refinitiv announces its index of the World’s Most Diverse and Inclusive Companies, with Accenture topping the list.

Building an inclusive organisation: empathy is key to inclusion

In this guest article, diversity and inclusion expert Stephen Frost and co author Raafi-Karim Alidina, share an extract on the importance of empathy in the workplace from their latest book, Building An Inclusive Organization.

QA calls for radical overhaul of apprenticeships to boost social mobility

Apprenticeships minimum wage of as little as £3.90 an hour should be scrapped to turbo charge social mobility and support high tech growth.

Big Four accounting firms pledge to support The Valuable 500

The Big Four professional services organisations latest to join forces on business disability inclusion in support of The Valuable 500.

Disabled knowledge workers limited by outdated workplace technology

Six in ten disabled knowledge workers say their organisation “talks a good game about diversity without really acting.

Inclusion eats diversity for breakfast in the workplace

evosis’ founding director Alison France explains why mastering the art of inclusion is a powerful skill to have.

Embracing not “tolerating”: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

In the second of two interviews, Maria Martins reveals what makes a good Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) professional.

Mental health and wellbeing whitepaper offers practical advice to UK businesses

Wellbeing in the workplace is gathering more attention, yet business owners and managers are often left in the dark on how to help those struggling with mental ill-health.