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Architects of Meritocracy

Organisations want to recruit skilled and clever people and then encourage them to contribute to the full. By promoting diversity and social mobility in the workplace they can hope to attract the best employees — and keep them

Champions of change in the workplace
Awards recognise people who inspire equality and diversity in the workplace
A desire to fit in prompts employees to ‘whiten’ for work
By altering their names or appearances, people aim to disguise cultural differences or avoid discrimination
You Make It provides unemployed women with skills, networks and confidence
In London, women from all walks of life are taking back their ‘right to the city’
Robo-recruiters are quick to replicate human bias
Experts say machines can learn to be as discriminatory and prejudiced as people
David Lammy: ‘We have to redress the balance’
Labour MP talks about the need to consider affirmative action in education for the UK’s marginalised
Prejudice over disabillity can endure throughout a career
Landing a job may now be easier but disabled workers are often sidelined later

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