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Accent Bias in Britain
Accent is one of the most recognisable signals of social and ethnic background in the UK today. What impact does a person’s accent have on their opportunities and life outcomes? The Accent Bias in Britain resource provides research-led information on current attitudes to accents in Britain. It reviews the role that this unconscious accent bias plays in professional recruiting. And it provides recruiters with free online anti-bias training based on tested interventions.
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But we are also calling on #government to commit to extra funding, to ensure #schools and #colleges can plan for the long term. Our commissioner Alastair Da Costa, said:
“We welcome the drive to place #employers at the core of the programme (…) If employers work more closely with local schools and colleges this might also allow more individuals to stay where they grew up rather than moving away to get a better job.
However, extra long-term resources will be key to the success of these schemes. They cannot just be a sticking plaster to address the immediate devastating impact of #COVID on #jobs and #training.”
He also emphasised the need to focus on #students from the most #disadvantaged backgrounds, who receive the least training as adults yet face more barriers.
Read the Commission’s full response here https://lnkd.in/ggsVcvv
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