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Accenture: What does a culture of equality really look like?

Accenture is on a mission to advance workplace equality and achieve a gender-balanced workforce by 2025. Crucial to its ambitions is understanding gender equality in the workplace.

Baroness Karren Brady inspires at inaugural Women in Business Expo

Leading UK businesswomen inspire, share knowledge and experience at inaugural two-day Women in Business Expo.

Cambridge University sees marked increase in black students

University attributes the incredible rise to the “Stormzy Effect”, but there is still a long way to go.

Ex Netflix CPO launches $3.5m diversity in tech initiative at Durham University

Durham University recieve $3.5 million donation to support diversity and future generations of leadership in technology.

Diversity in the workplace is everybody’s responsibility

Sandra Kerr, OBE, CBE, National Campaign Director for Race Equality at Business in the Community (BITC), talks about the Race at Work Charter and how companies can move the dial on diversity.

Stigma around regional accents is hindering social mobility in the UK

Is being on the board unobtainable for working-class Brits? 55% of the UK report a stigma around regional accents, with London ranked the worst.

Women in the automotive industry: Ford UK targeting the gender pay gap

Ford UK has diversity and inclusion firmly in its headlights, from enhanced maternity and paternity packages to diversity councils at local and national level.

More businesses need to address and solve #MeToo issues

With new research on sexual harassment in the workplace, businesses need to establish how to prevent #MeToo issues from continuing.

Cultivating a fair workplace: the Nursing & Midwifery Council way

Diversity and inclusion, internally and externally, is high on the agenda at the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Here’s why…

Slow progress on gender diversity in tech – but reasons for optimism

Gender diversity? In this article, Natalie Whittlesey, Director of global recruiter, Harvey Nash, shares her insight on how to have a successful career in tech, while touching on traditional blockers that affect women’s progression.