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Inclusion and diversity

The research sector must be representative of the changing world around us. The only barriers to progress should be personal choice and professional capability. MRS and its partners lead a number of activities within the research and insight sector to support inclusion, diversity and equality. 

 

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CEO Inclusion Pledge - aiming for 100 sign ups

With more than a dozen sign ups since the start of the new year the pledge has caught the attention of industry leaders. Latest additions include Ronin, QRi Consulting, and Cobalt Sky.
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What is intersectionality? And why you need to know

Intersectionality remained a relatively obscure legal concept for some years but, more recently, awareness has taken off...
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MRS Unlimited Festival – now on demand

A series of discussions to educate and share insights into how disability can be truly represented within, and embraced by, the research sector.
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Inclusivity isn't just who you hire, it's how you keep them

Retention is clearly about more than just DI&E, but making our workplaces inclusive and supportive for everybody is a great place to start...
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The most diverse MRS conference ever

You may have noticed something a little different about the MRS annual conference this year, if you were fortunate enough to attend.
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Mind the inclusion gap

Is the research sector a good place for women or people from minority groups to work? Most companies have diversity, inclusion and equality policies, but having a policy doesn’t mean that discrimination isn’t happening.
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MRSpride Stars: Mon Kowaczyk

Ipsos MORI Pride Co-Chair Mon shares their hopes for a future-fit research world that is fully inclusive of marginalised voices.

Supporting #10000BlackInterns initiative

The initiative aims to facilitate 10,000 paid internships across a range of sectors, including accountancy, law, marketing, advertising, data science and now research.

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