Acknowledgments
PARN would like to thank all the organisations that have helped to shed light on the questions posed by this research, ie 'how can organisations embed awareness and support for diversity into their recruitment practices?'
- 10 employers: A Cube, Doughty Street Chambers, Ernst & Young, Filton Avenue Junior School, GlaxoSmithKline, an Inner–City Medical Practice, New Siblands Special School, Penna Global Human Capital Management Consultancy, Pinsent Masons and PricewaterhouseCoopers
- three other organisations: The Fawcett Society, Stonewall and Birmingham Professional DiverCity
We would also like to thank the many other individuals who gave of their time and experience. We believe their example will provide insight and inspiration to others.
We also thank the following 10 professional bodies for their contribution to our understanding of professional qualifications and recruitment processes: Architects Registration Board (ARB), Bar Council (BAR), British Dental Association (BDA), British Medical Association (BMA), Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), General Teaching Council for England (GTCE), Law Society (LAW), Museums Association (MA), Royal Academy of Engineering (RAENG) and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS).
Our thanks also go the Management Committee for volunteering their time to provide guidance to the project over the past year. The members are:
- Pamela Bhalla and Kathryn Hamilton, Equality and Diversity Advisors, Bar Council for England and Wales Freda Line, Diversity Advisor, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- Valerie Hamill, Institute Secretary, Chartered Management Institute
- Judith Husband, Chair of Equality & Diversity Committee and member of Executive Board, British Dental Association
- Robin Lynn, Policy & Strategy Directorate, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Bea Walshaw, Operations Manager, Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment
- Margaret Watson, UK IPG
- Tim Whitfield and Adeeba Malik, QED UK
We acknowledge the support of our partner in this project, the Equally Professional Network, supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. We look forward to building on this collaboration in the future.
We would also like to thank the PARN team who have contributed to this guide, particularly Jane Mason for designing the research project, Tanya Palmer for her work on design and development of the guide and Matthew Hall and Golsa Afsharpour for their work on the content and examples of interesting practice. Finally, we thank the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills for funding and giving PARN the opportunity to carry out this work.
Sarah Ellis
Project Leader
PARN
Andy Friedman
Managing Director
PARN
December 2008
