Insurance Ireland partner with IT Carlow to run first Unconscious Bias Masterclass
When: 29th September, 2020
Time: 11.00 am – 1.00 pm
Where: Online
Agenda
Speaker: Dr. Allison Kenneally, Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, IT Carlow.
Unconscious Bias Masterclass
Insurance Ireland in conjunction with The Insurtech Network Centre (INC) and Institute of Technology Carlow through the Faculty of Lifelong Learning are offering a fully funded online Masterclass on Unconscious Bias in Insurance (both in the workplace and in practice).
This two-hour masterclass will also examine best Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) practice in general and provide some practical tools and approaches which can be used to promote and embed it in organisations. Referencing the IT Carlow Athena Swan award and ongoing work in this area with some tangible examples on how IT Carlow implemented the EDI initiatives will also be provided.
This masterclass is fully funded by Wexford Chamber Skillet, and open to all Insurance Ireland member companies.
Biographical details
Dr. Allison Kenneally is the Director of the Office of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion at the Institute of Technology Carlow, where she has previously held posts as Head of Department of Humanities and Senior Lecturer in Law. Allison holds a Doctorate in Higher Education Management from the University of Bath. Her research focuses on Mergers, Change Management and System Reconfiguration in Higher Education, with a focus on the Irish Institute of Technology sector. She is the author of the widely used textbook, ‘An Introduction to the Irish Legal System’
For further details please contact Annie O’Leary