Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Training, Page 275 Reviews

You attempt to promote inclusion but have ended up just tying to promote ideas that are fundamentally against most religious views and assumed that everyone is a racist. Rather than treating people as individuals you are trying to put them in boxes and this only creates division.

Clear and concise course covering a lot of useful topics in a very relative manner.

Opens your eyes to how others may perceive actions/behaviours

I enjoyed listening to this and learning new things

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The subject matter was very well explained, and articulated in a way that was easy to understand. The presenters were likeable and did a great job, and I particularly liked the graphics, which ran well alongside everything to help convey the information. The idea of threads running through everything and intertwining was a great concept. All in all, everything was very well executed.

The 2 person delivery and tea breaks broke the monotony of training. I enjoyed it.

The course covered such a diverse and sensitive topic in a very professional manner. The scenarios were pertinent and some of which I have witnessed in my time before the Equality Act came into play and LGBT were just letters of the alphabet, so it is good to know that we are moving forward albeit at a slower pace than I personally would like.

An excellent course! But what happens when someone makes a false claim? This has happened to me: I teach a course which is a requirement for university entrance, in which the candidate has to argue a point of view. It is an exam requirement that both sides are evaluated. An openly radical, fundamentalist student refused to do this. I painstakingly explained several times over that he did not have to agree with the opposing viewpoint - just argue as to why he disagreed. He also wrote double the required word length and did not address the topic. I even gave him examples. Nonetheless, he complained to our contractor that I had tried to change his opinions. He sent me abusive and harassing e-mails. He complained that the Cambridge Examining Board was biased against his religion. He displayed a great deal of anger publicly. He did not have a scrap of evidence against me. The rest of the group, of the same religion, all maintained that my teaching was fair and impartial and how I encouraged open discussion. I am not an employee; my company is subcontracted to supply these courses. However, our contractors apologised on my behalf to him for something that I did not do! I am not in a protected category: what protection do I have when someone makes a false claim? It was not investigated properly. I sent a lot of documentation, which was ignored. They just wanted to "placate" the person from a protected category because his feelings were hurt. I would like to see this kind of issue addressed - I think that the student (a man in his thirties) was being quite deliberately manipulative. I had no protection at all!

One the best ED&I courses I've seen. They often come across as being a corporate tick box exercise but the content goes beyond the obligations and extends to make it clear that this is a meaningful and important endeavour. it is pretty lengthy.