UIS Staff: Diversity - Unconscious Bias and Inclusivity (Workshop)

Unconscious Bias happens automatically, without conscious control, when our brains make quick judgements or assessments about people and situations. Combatting unconscious bias isn’t about blame. It’s about accountability.

This session will provide an introduction to implicit or unconscious bias and will help you start to understand how our biases influence the decisions we make.

• University Information Services staff
• Further details regarding our eligibility criteria are available here

This workshop aims to empower attendees to:

• to define unconscious bias;
• to identify the impact of unconscious bias in the workplace;
• to understand how it impacts on the people around us in the workplace

• to identify the differences between bias, prejudice and stereotyping
• to understand how Unconscious Bias affects decision making in activities such as recruitment, people development, leadership and in our day to day work.
• ito dentify practical ways to challenge our own biases, to consciously break habits and to do things differently

• One session of an hour and a half

• Understanding Unconscious Bias   [Provided by Equality & Diversity]