Achieving a gender balance in engineering

By Bryony Bell - Marketing Manager (UK & Ireland) Spektrix As April  approaches, organisations throughout the UK will be starting to report on their annual gender pay gap data. Last week I attended ‘...

Building a Northern Digital Presence

Leeds is fast becoming recognized as a vibrant hub for those in the digital and creative sectors. According to Tech Nation, investment from tech businesses exceeded £100 million in 2018. Thanks to thi...

Women in TMT 2019: how our industry has woken up to the importance of I&D

The Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) industry has realised the importance of Inclusion and Diversity in organisations. That was clear from the recent Women in TMT 2019 event I attended, hosted by...

The FA and Heads Together Partner

by The FA

The FA and Heads Together partner to spark the biggest conversation ever around mental health. While the conversation around mental health has grown significantly in recent years, mental health pro...

Celebrations of Togetherness

The months of October and November see many nations celebrating major holidays and festivals. In India, there is the major festival of Diwali, celebrating the triumph of light over darkness, good over...

England's World Cup Success Inspires Growth in Women's Football Participation

by The FA

England’s success at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup has helped a growth in participation across all levels of the women’s game. Latest figures from The FA reveal more than 2.63m women aged 16 and ov...

Capita climbs 40 places in gender diversity rankings

by Capita

The Hampton-Alexander Review published today has shown that Capita has climbed 40 places to 70th position in the gender diversity rankings of FTSE 250 companies. The Review  which began reporting in...

Train to be an Equality Champion

Book now for training in January and March! We want your help to address the chronic under-representation of black and minority ethnic staff in senior roles in the NHS. We want volunteers to be Equ...

Become an Equality Champion

BEH and C&I are introducing new measures in our recruitment process to ensure that interviews are fair for people from all backgrounds and to address the chronic under-representation of black and mi...

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge

Cambridge Assessment is delighted to sponsor The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge, a collection of exhibitions, events, and displays exploring the past, present, and future of women at Cambridge. The...

In The Spotlight: Katherine Johnson

  As part of our Black History Month celebrations we will be highlighting contemporary and historic figures, hoping to share characters both familiar and lesser known. Alongside our featured stories,...

Norton Rose Fulbright has been named as a family-friendly employer in the UK

Press release - Recognition |  October 2019 Norton Rose Fulbright has been named as one of the top thirty family-friendly employers in the UK by Working Families, as the work-life balance charity hig...

UK Athletics: 60 Seconds With… Cherry Alexander OBE

Black History Month 1-31 October 2019 What is your role with British Athletics? My role in Athletics is managing one of the best teams in the world who deliver world class events! I have been in...

Capita: What Does It Mean To Be A Male Ally

by Capita

What does it mean to be a male ally? In our second interview, celebrating International Women’s Day, we spoke to Jim Lafferty, General Manager, Capita Poland, and male ally. Jim has been working f...

Living Cultural Pillars Through Mentoring

Our Cultural Pillars include Valuing Each Other and Being Connected. Trust colleagues turned these into action earlier this week by attending the first of three workshops for would-be mentors. Their...

dunnhumby introducing gender-neutral job descriptions

by dunnhumby

Why we’re introducing gender-neutral job descriptions Learn about one of the recent changes we’ve introduced at dunnhumby to reach a more diverse group of talent from our Chief People Officer, Denise...

NATS open day encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in aviation

by NATS

NATS, the UK’s air traffic control provider, opened its doors to 40 young women last week as part of a campaign to encourage girls into aviation and aerospace careers. The girls and young women, ag...

CAA: Women In Aviation

Women in the Aviation & Aerospace In support of women in the aviation & aerospace, Maria N. Rueda, Managing Director for the CAAi and Kirsten Riensema, FRAeS, Head of Strategic Relationships for the...