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Institute of Continuing Education: Undergraduate Virtual Open Day
Looking to pursue your love of learning, take the next step in your career or take your first steps along a new career path? Join us for our upcoming Undergraduate Virtual Open Day on 21st May, where we’ll delve into the world of undergraduate study at the Institute of Continuing Education
Getting to Diversity: A Talk About Which Diversity Initiatives Work and Which Fail
Thu 16 May
Selwyn College
Every year the workforce in Europe, Britain, and North America becomes more diverse, but change in the makeup of the management ranks has stalled.
The problem has become a matter of heated debate. Do we have work to do to achieve meritocracy, or are we already there? Bestselling books preach moral reformation – eradicating employee biases. But where anti-bias initiatives are widespread, little has changed.
Frank Dobbin will discuss findings from his recent book with Alexandra Kalev, Getting to Diversity: What Works and What Doesn’t, which offers a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of initiatives designed to widen opportunity. The upshot: It’s time to focus on changing systems rather than individuals.
For managers facing public political challenges to diversity programming, this is good news in one sense, for the effective programs simply make career systems more democratic. That’s something few object to.
Book your in person or online place here https://www.equality.admin.cam.ac.uk/events/getting-diversity-talk-about-which-diversity-initiatives-work-and-which-fail
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
Please note that booking is required for this event.
Enquiries: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Website Email: equality@admin.cam.ac.uk