Unconscious Bias & an Inclusive Work Environment

To address unconscious bias in the higher education sector, the HEA Expert Report on Gender (2016) and the DoES Gender Action Plan (2018), recommend Unconscious Bias training for staff.

In support of our TU Dublin equality strategy and the UN Susatinable Development Goals of Reduced Inequality and Gender Equality, Staff Development is providing a 3 hour training workshop to create an understanding of how unconscious bias can influence our interactions and decision making with implications for equality of access and inclusion.

Learning outcomes:

• Understanding Unconscious Bias
• How unconscious bias influences how we process information and make decisions
• Why unconscious bias is a threat to equality, diversity and inclusion in ouir interactions, our
• team and our organisations
• How unconscious bias leads to stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination
• Techniques for interrupting information processing and reducing unconscious bias