Equality, diversity and inclusion in research and innovation: UK review

Equality, diversity and inclusion in research and innovation: UK review
UKRI Dec 2019

• This report reviews the evidence around what is currently known about the key challenges for EDI in the and the effectiveness of different interventions and practices which increase engagement.

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How Diversity Drives Innovation

How Diversity Drives Innovation
National Centre for Diversity for the Yorkshire & Humber AHSN, July 2019

• A review of the literature around diversity in innovation to support a report highlighting the case for increased diversity in innovation in the NHS.
• “Research shows that when at least one member of a team has traits in common with the end user, the entire team better understands that user. A team with a member who shares a client’s ethnicity is 152% more likely than another team to understand that client.”

Chairs and non-executives in the NHS: The need for diverse leadership

Chairs and non-executives in the NHS: The need for diverse leadership
NHS Confederation 6 June 2019

• This report examines the arrangements for the recruitment and appointment of chairs and nonexecutives within the NHS (NHS non-executives include chairs and non-executives). The progress and gains made in the early 2000s towards a more diverse board leadership in NHS trusts has gone into reverse or made no progress. Chairs and non-executive directors are often not representative of the communities they serve and the staff they govern.