Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Training, Page 19 Reviews

Was interesting, I've learnt a fair bit from it.

a little long perhaps but generally good food for thought

Excellent presentation of the EDI training. Pace and diction was very good. I did not feel that the summary at the end of each section necessarily reflected all of the preceding content for that section. Personally, I found there was a lot of verbal content to absorb and perhaps a slight reduction in the volume of narrative, ensuring the summary notes fully reflect the preceding related content would be helpful.

Many questions had too many similar options

The whole module made me think more in depth about situations that may develop in the workplace, even when teaching zumba just once a week

Positive on the whole. Some of the wording of questions I find unclear between what they are asking and what I think they are asking. I was bothered by the amount of time spent on the hot topic of gender reassignment within the training. I felt the detail and attention given to this was far beyond the other characteristics, which were very general. In this way I felt that my more significant characteristics were not given an equal opportunity to be shared with others looking in.

Very well designed.

No summary provided

I like the improvements made since I last did it. Harassment part was a good - to get a definition of what this actually is. Nice to have text and video version. Only down side was the bits where it said some types of discrimination didn't apply to marriage and maternity - I couldn't understand why and how that would play out/look in real life.

The course doesn’t address the conflicts of rights: what happens when one employee/employer’s religious beliefs clash with a sexual preference or gender identity? Another example: older employees can’t hide their age, and decisions are made based on appearance that are then justified any other way - or, in other words, it’s impossible to prove. Sometimes we are told that we are “overqualified” for a role. Command of English shouldn’t be collapsed as a race category (by the way, the term “race” in itself is old-fashioned and racist). As a non-native English speaker who’s studied a lot to speak and write well I don’t think that people should be forced to accept me if they can’t understand what I say or write - and this excludes the full gamut of national accents, which should always be respected. It’s not the same to come from abroad and expect people to understand you if you didn’t make the effort. Another topic: not maternity but potential maternity as a factor of discrimination to women of an age in which they can get pregnant. This happens a lot. I have worked in retail and the treatment of pregnant women was appalling, but hiding behind the “non-discrimination” laws. I was told “pregnancy isn’t illness” to justify long hours, lack of breaks, etc, and I’ve seen a woman miscarriage after a day of 7am to 9pm because it was the beginning of the Sale period.