NEWTEC become the first UK Organisation to take on Masters in Diversity
Having just recently won 2017 UK Chief Executive of the Year – arguably one of the UK’s most desirable Awards when it comes to equality, diversity and inclusion, what do you do next? After you have called and told everyone that you love, e-mailed all your staff and announced it across all your social media […]
Investors in Diversity is going international as we take it to Portugal!
Hot on the heels of the creation of the Irish Centre for Diversity, Solat Chaudhry, CEO of the National Centre for Diversity and Chair of the Irish Centre for Diversity, has been asked to make a keynote address at a high-profile diversity event in Lisbon on Monday 22nd May 2017. Secretary of State for Portugal, […]
Cognitive Bias – how aware are you of yours?
Last month we celebrated as NEWTEC Boss, Pat Edwards was crowned the UK Chief Executive of the Year 2017. It is a title that all the 30 plus Chief Executives, MD’s and Principals in attendance had coveted at our recent Grand Awards 2017 – including me! Unfortunately, I can never win it even if I […]
An open letter to MP’s in the forthcoming election
Dear Members of Parliament and parliamentary prospective candidates, can we, the nation, ask you not to divide us any more than we are now. I will not say that Brexit was right or wrong for Britain, that is a matter for each person in our great rainbow nation. It is, however, hard to ignore the […]
Daily Mail Headline Fail!
On the eve of Prime Minister Theresa May triggering Article 50 as the beginning of the UK’s Brexit journey, the Daily Mail has surprised and some-what stumped us here at the National Centre for Diversity, with a headline which does nothing more than reduce two powerful political figures, who happen to be female, to the […]
Terrorism – what British Muslims really think
Shock, horror and disgust are the words that come up again and again; in every conversation I have had with fellow Muslims, since the disgusting acts of criminal barbarity wreaked by one person who seems to have, on the face of it, used Islam, once again as a cover for his murderous tendencies. I’m a […]
UK Diversity Gladiators Celebrated!
What an amazing night for organisations right across the country! The National Centre for Diversity held its prestigious Annual Grand Awards event on Thursday 16th March 2017 at the Queens Hotel in Leeds. It was a glittering and emotional night of celebration, of the sheer hard work of people that work in the country’s best […]
“The Pinnacle of my Career”, Shaun Tymon, CEO of the Year 2016
“The Pinnacle of my Career” was how Shaun Tymon, CEO of Yorkshire Coast Homes, described how his beloved organisation managed to scoop a massive four awards at the National Centre for Diversity Grand Awards last year. He said, “Fairness is just so important. I regard it as central to everything that Yorkshire Coast Homes does […]
A dream of a workplace!
We have worked with over 120 Colleges over an eleven and half year period. In 2016, Huddersfield New College achieved the best ever FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) diagnostic results for a College. So, when I went to see them there were several burning questions in my mind. What was it that […]