Promoting Equality and Diversity in Education

This document discusses the importance of promoting equality and diversity in education. It identifies and explains the 9 categories of equality and diversity, defines diversity, and analyzes the ways to promote equality and value diversity. It also reviews the factors affecting learning and their impact, discusses the barriers to equality and diversity, and suggests ways to remove these barriers. Additionally, it explores the impact of different abilities on learning and the relationship between different professionals involved in inclusive practice.

Equality and Diversity

TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................3
A: Identify and explain the 9 categories with regards to equality and diversity.................................3
B: Define diversity............................................................................................................................4
C: Why is it important to promote equality and diversity..................................................................4
D: Analyse the ways to promote equality and value diversity...........................................................5
TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................5
A What are the factors affecting learning? Review their impact on learning.....................................5
B Review the impact of different abilities on learning.......................................................................6
C What are the barriers to equality and diversity? How are they relevant to your practices?............7
D Suggest what can be done to remove these barriers in your Gilon Instiute of Higher Education,
London..............................................................................................................................................7
TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................8
A: Summarise the policy and regulatory frameworks relating to equality and diversity and inclusive
practice..............................................................................................................................................8
B: What are the influences of the above on your Gilon Instiute of Higher Education, Londonal
policies and own practice (at least 3 points from each paragraph)?...................................................9
C: Explain how working with other agencies can promote diversity...............................................10
D: Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can protect learners from risk of harm.11
TASK 4...............................................................................................................................................11
A: Why is it important to promote an inclusive learning environment (Benefits?)..........................11
B: Summarise your own role and responsibilities in promoting inclusion, equality and diversity...12
C: Analyse ways to promote inclusion............................................................................................13
D: Explain actions that can be taken to value individual learners and explain good practice in
providing individual learners with information...............................................................................13
TASK 5...............................................................................................................................................14
A: Explain the relationship between own role and the roles of other professionals involved in
inclusive practice.............................................................................................................................14
B: Identify the points of referral available to meet the individual needs of your learners................14
C: What are the strategies that you use to liaise with the professionals involved?...........................15
TASK 6...............................................................................................................................................15
A. Demonstrate how you promote equality and diversity through a Lesson Plan............................15
B. Define Gilon Instiute of Higher Education, Londonal culture.....................................................16
C. Give examples of how your own behaviours impacted negatively and positively on your Gilon
Instiute of Higher Education, Londonal culture...............................................................................17
TASK 7...............................................................................................................................................17
Review the effectiveness of own inclusive practice and promotion of equality and diversity.........17
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................................19

TASK 1
A: Identify and explain the 9 categories with regards to equality and diversity
Equality means the state of being equal as it is one of the ideal democratic society as well
as so individuals are fighting for gaining different type of equality such as racial, gender and
many more (Machin and et. al., 2020). On the other hand, diversity means understanding that
every individual is unique as well as recognizing individual differences.
 Age – This Act protect people of all age as different treatment because of age is not
unlawful or indirect discrimination if individual can justify it (Palacios, 2016).
Education is right of every individual person so it is important for educational
institution to select candidates without creating any age discrimination.
 Gender – Both men and women has to be treated equally no discrimination has to be
done in them. Unequally on the basis of equality act. Thus, both men and women have
right to be educate so it is essential for educational institution to ensure that
educational institution should have to educate student without creating and gender
discrimination.
 Disability – There are several disable people who should not be discriminate in
educational institution as they also have right to get educated (Standish, 2019).
 Gender reassignment – The Act protect transsexual people, they are the one who
proposes to start or complete procedure of changing their gender.
 Pregnancy and maternity – It protect the women who discriminated on the ground of
maternity and pregnancy as well as any statutory leave which she entitled during
entire period.
 Race – For the purpose of the Act “race” involves nationality, colour as well as
national or ethnic origins (Brewis, 2019).
 Religion - In the Equality Act, religion includes any religion. It also includes no
religion, in other words employees or jobseekers are protected if they do not follow a
certain religion or have no religion at all.
 Sexual orientation – Equality Act protect bisexual, lesbian, heterosexual as well as
gay.
 Marriage and Civil partnership – The Act protects staff who are married as well as in
civil partnership in relation of discrimination. But single people are not protected in
this.

B: Define diversity
Diversity means understanding that every individual is unique as well as recognizing
individual differences (Bowl, 2018). There are several things which has to be consider in
diversity are as follows :-
 Opportunity in employment and progression – Every educational institution such
Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London have to hire diverse workforce which is
important along with this it help in dealing with client from different country in
effective manner and also accomplishing goals and objectives.
 Range of students and learning need – There are several students in single
classroom who are diverse from each other on several basis such as religion, race and
many more. In that situation it is important for teacher to conduct session in such
manner that everyone can understand.
 Social inequalities – It is also major point which has to be covered in diversity
because there are several people who create differences because of social inequalities
among each other.
C: Why is it important to promote equality and diversity
Equality and diversity is considered as practices in which every employee get equal
chance at the workplace (Lahelma and Tainio, 2019). There are several benefits of equality
and diversity which a company may gain, from which some are mentioned below:-
 Richness of social mix – Equality and diversity helps a Gilon Institute of Higher
Education, London in adopting social mix through which they can adopt new ideas or
technology from different areas or location (Abankina and et. al., 2016). It will also
help in development of richness of social mix which motivates employees.
 Multi culture society – Through equality and diversity multi culture society will
promote which enhance moral of staff at the workplace as well as it also enhance their
work performance.
 Opportunity for progression – Equality and diversity also help in gaining
opportunities for the progression because it motivates an employee which leads to
growth of workplace.
 Promoting best practices – Equality and diversity help in promoting best practices at
the workplace because through it employees get equal change which motivate as well
as encourage them.

 Mutual support – While a Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London adopt
equality and diversity at their workplace they leads to feeling of mutual support which
motivate as well as encourage employees to perform properly and effectively.
D: Analyse the ways to promote equality and value diversity
There are several ways which a company must adopt in order to promoting equality
and diversity at their workplace. From which some are mentioned below:-
 Creating opportunity for sharing – Equality and diversity will be promoted through
developing equal opportunity for very person so that they can feel equal as well as
important (Özbilgin and Slutskaya, 2017).
 Celebrate diversity – For a educational institution it is also essential that they must
celebrate each and every festival which is of all religion because through that they
able to promote equality and diversity at the workplace successfully and effectively.
 Positive attitude to individual – For promoting equality and diversity a company
must motivate positive attitude among the staffs or individual because they will feel
encouraged which enhance their productivity.
 Empowering individuals – It is also essential for firm to empower employees and
individual so that they can promote equality and diversity effectively (Thompson,
2016). This is so because through it they able to empower individual.
These are main ways through which a company as well as society can promote
equality and diversity as well as it will also help them in motivating and enhancing their
performance.
TASK 2
A What are the factors affecting learning? Review their impact on learning
There are several factors which affect learning such as development of language,
educational background and social or cultural barriers. Explanation of these are as follows :-
 Development of language - When individual is from different nation then they have
distinct language which may sometimes work as barriers while learning (Loredo and
Merritt, 2019). Because it will create difficulties as differences in language may result
in creating issues as particular person nit able to learn things in better manner.
 Educational background – For learning something in better manner it is important
for individual to have minimum education which required for learning. Because

education is the factor which have wide impact on learning of particular person. As
for understanding some factors related to learning it is essential to have minimum
qualification.
 Social or cultural barriers – These barriers also result in affecting learning of
individual within both positive and negative manner. People from different cultural or
social status have distinct understanding level which may work as barrier within life
of individual while learning anything.
These are the factors which have wide impact on learning and individual have to work on
these factors in effective manner (Legrand, Al Ariss and Bozionelos, 2019). So they will be
able to learn new skills, knowledge and several other things in better manner.
B Review the impact of different abilities on learning
An individual have different abilities which result in wide impact of learning of particular
person. Explanation of these abilities along with their impact on learning are mention
below :-
 Physical disability – individual with physical disabilities result in impact on learning
as they feel difficulties within managing distance within distinct learning activities,
notetaking, carrying materials, practical’s as well as they take longer time in asking or
and answering any question which is related to overall learning.
 Skills Development – Most essential reason of skills development for individual is
that they will be able to take better future opportunities as well as top level position in
business firm (Sparkman and Walton, 2019). In addition to this, when individual have
developing skills they will be able to learn things in effective manner which have
positive impact on their lives.
 Visual awareness - Visual skills in relation to word reading has not been central to
recent explorations of reading development, all visual word reading involves visual
skill. With the assistance of visual awareness individual will have good reading skills
as through this they will be able to learn things in more effective manner and gain
better outcomes related to the same.
Thus, above mention are the abilities have wide impact on learning several things within
positive as well as negative both manners (Kizilcec and Saltarelli, 2019). As it is important
for particular person to learn something new in better manner because these will have
positive impact on their future within effective manner.

C What are the barriers to equality and diversity? How are they relevant to your practices?
There are several factors which result in barriers within equality and diversity
practices. Explanation of these are as follows :-
 Discrimination – It is one of the major factor which work as an barrier within
equality and diversity because there are several people which treat other
discriminately. As it became barriers within life of individual while treated equally
and diversely (Jeffers, 2020). In simple term it can be said that it is right of individual
to be treated in equal and get diverse opportunities.
 Social inequality – It is one of the major factors which result as an barrier within
equality and diversity. Because there are numerous people who don’t want to talk or
stand with people who are socially not equal to them.
 Lack of self-confidence – If individual is not having confidence level then there may
be chances that may be treated unequal as well as most of the people try to avoid
them. Thus, in simple term it can be said that for gaining equality and diversity
opportunity it is important for individual to have self-confidence.
 Limits of language – There are several people who are from distinct nations which
simply result in creating language differences (Ramirez and et. al., 2019). If may be
difficult for each other to understand things who are having different languages. In
addition to this, limits of language may result as barrier within equality and diversity
opportunities provided particular person.
D Suggest what can be done to remove these barriers in your organisation
It is important for an Gilon Institute of higher education to remove barriers which an
institution face because it will result in hampering their daily basis activities as well as
overall educational institution working also (Gerdin and et. al., 2019). There are several ways
to remove such barriers explanation of these are as follows :-
 Respond to feedbacks – it is important for an educational institution such as Gilon
Institute of Higher Education, London to respond the feedbacks they had taken from
individual in relation of equality and diversity because these will have positive impact
on their working within effective manner.
 Encourage team working – It is one of the best suggestions because working in team
may result in gaining better advantages as well as it provides assistance in

encouraging equality and diversity within Gilon Institute of Higher Education,
London.
 Negotiating individual role and responsibility – For individual negotiation within their
role as well as responsibility work like an effective tool for equality and diversity
purpose (North and Longlands, 2019).
Thus, it is important for an educational institution to take these major steps as it will provide
assistance in removing obstacles related to equality and diversity within effective manner.
TASK 3
A: Summarise the policy and regulatory frameworks relating to equality and diversity and
inclusive practice.
There are several legislation, employment regulation as well as code of practices
which introduced by government of every nation (Bezyak and et. al., 2019). For every
educational institution it is important to implement these practices related to equality and
diversity within there working explanation of these are as follows :-
 Equality Act 2010 – It is an Act which legally protect individual from discrimination
within workplace and in wider society. Equality act 2010 replaced previous anti-
discrimination laws through single act. In simple term it can be said that respective act
has given legal framework for protection individual rights as well as advance equality
of opportunity to everyone.
 Equality of opportunity – For every individual person opportunity should be equal as
per their role in Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London. Along with this,
equality in opportunity is employment regulation which help in conducting daily basis
operations in equal and diversify manner.
 Organisational policies and procedures – For educational institutions it is important to
design or frame policies and procedures related to equality and diversity so that better
outcomes will be gained in effective manner (Vokić, Obadić and Ćorić, 2019). Along
with this, it results in no discrimination and equal opportunities will be provided to
every candidate in better manner.
 Investment – It is important for educational institution to investment in such practices
which result in equality an d diversity within institution. Along with this, they have to
invest on each and every individual in equal manner without any discrimination on
the basis of any factor.

In addition to this, there are some professional standards related to teacher and educator
which they have to implement within their working such equal opportunity to every single
student, implementation of equality act, equal investment for every single student and many
other which promote equality and diversity in educational institution (Brooks, 2019).
B: What are the influences of the above on your organisation policies and own practice (at
least 3 points from each paragraph)?
All the above mention legislation, rules, code of conduct and so on have wide
influence Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London policies and practices. Explanation of
these are as follows :-
Influence of Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London policies
 Organisational policies – Educational Institution policies provide assistance in
accomplishing equality and diversity within their working in effective manner.
 Requirement of CPD – It is important for teacher who are working in educational
institution to do continuous professional development so that better outcomes will be
gained (Lister, Coughlan and Owen, 2020). In addition to this, policies and procedures
of educational institution play important role in CPD.
 Marketing and promotion of courses – Equality and Diversity practices provide
assistance in marketing as well as promotion of Gilon Institute of Higher Education,
London. As it will provide assistance in accomplishing goals and objectives in better
manner.
Influence on own practices
 Awareness of current legislation – By implementing equality Act 2010 teacher within
Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London will able to get knowledge about resent
legislation in effective manner. Along with this, they will get aware about present
legislations in effective manner.
 Recognise own role and responsibilities – By designing rules and regulation within
effective manner according to equality and diversity individual will able to known
their role and responsibility (Mejía-Dorantes and Villagrán, 2020). As they will also
take major steps for encouraging equality and diversity in educational institution.
 Reviewing own approaches – Every individual have own approach in promoting
equality and diversity in this equality act, Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London
policies and procedure as well as investment provide assistance.

C: Explain how working with other agencies can promote diversity
An agency is business that provide services to customers on the behalf of other
business firm. Motive of working with agency is to make customers satisfy and fulfil
demands within effective manner (Thorpe, 2019). Working with other business firm or
agencies result in promoting diversity explanation of these factors are mention below :-
 Working with cultural or community groups – Such agencies provide assistance to
educational institution that they have to work with cultural or community groups as it
results in promoting diversity among their staff members. In addition to this Diverse
workforce provide assistance in managing student from every culture in better manner
and also result in accomplishing goals and objectives within effective manner.
 Specialist speakers – While working with other agencies, educational institution able
to promote diversity because there are several specialists in such agencies (Saifuddin,
Dyke and Hossain, 2019). Because speakers provide assistance in analysing
advantages of diversity workforces and result in promoting it within effective manner.
 Specialist visits – It is also an factors which provide assistance to educational
institutions in promoting diversity because specialist visit institutions and talk about
advantages of diversity within their working. In addition to these specialists are those
people who are well aware of diversity along with there positive and negative impact
on company working. in simple term it can be said that, they are the one who provide
assistance in promoting diversity in educational institution.
 Enabling students to access support agencies – Not only educational institutions need
support agencies but some time students also feel several difficulties as well as
problems. Because these agencies have specialist who gives good suggestions to
students and encourage them for adopting diversity, learning several new things and
many more.
Above mention are the factors which agencies have and all these provide assistance to
educational institution in promoting diversity within more effective manner (Bhopal and
Henderson, 2019). Along with this, they help in accomplishing goals and objectives
effectively without facing any difficulties.

D: Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can protect learners from risk of
harm
There are numerous ways to promote equality and diversity as well as it protect
learners from risk of harm (Brown and Rogers, 2020). As in educational institution it is
responsibility of staff that student are safe in there institution and there will be not any type of
harm. Explanation of these are as follows:-
 Following policies and procedures – it is important to follow policies and procedures
in better manner which include equality as well as diversity also. So that, work will be
conduct in proper manner and better outcomes will be gained (de Wet and Simmonds,
2019). Along with this, following policies and procedures result in protecting learners
from risk of any type harm.
 Tackling discrimination – For Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London it is
important to tackle discriminations in proper manner as well ad they have to ensure
that no such practices will conduct in institution which result in harming other
students as well as result in practices like inequality and discrimination.
 Tacking issues of stress related illness – It result in several other health issues and
may harm body of other people as it is important for educational institution to make
sure that they are tacking issues of stress related illness from every single person
body. Because it may result in several other issues also as well as such practices has
not to be done in discriminated manner.
 Invest in specialized provision – There are several other specialized provisions which
result in conducting practices by following policies related to equality and diversity.
Along with this, they provide assistance in reducing changes of any risk and help in
gaining better outcomes and conducting activities within educational institution in
more effective manner.
TASK 4
A: Why is it important to promote an inclusive learning environment (Benefits?)
Learning environment is related to the diverse physical locations, culture as well as
contexts in that students learn (Azorín and et. al., 2019). There are several benefits of
promoting an inclusive learning environment explanation of these are as follows :-
 Respect for others –Learning environment result in developing respect for other
peoples because in this environment teacher teach students that they have to respect

other people. They may be from family, friends, educational institution and any other
area.
 Creating positive attitude – When students learn things from learning environment,
they will be able to create positive attitude towards others (Mercer-Mapstone and
Bovill, 2019). Thus, for an individual it is important to have positive attitude towards
other things because it help in conducting things in right manner as well as conducting
each and every operations in positive manner.
 Collaborative working – It is an environment which support people in conducting
their work within collaborative manner. For students it is important to learn
collaborative working because it provides assistance in conducting work within
effective manner while working in team. Along with this, collaborative working result
in no burden on single person and students will able to conduct their work in better
manner.
 Shared responsibilities – It is essential to learn sharing responsibilities because it
provides assistance in conducting work within more effective manner. Because by
sharing responsibilities there will be no burden on particular person as they can share
their work with others.
B: Summarise your own role and responsibilities in promoting inclusion, equality and
diversity
There are several role as well as responsibilities which result in promoting inclusion,
equality and diversity within educational institution. Explanation of these are as follows :-
 Encouraging self and peer assessment - Group work can be more successful when
students are involved in developing the assessment process (Tran, 2019). This may
include establishing their own assessment criteria through consultation with teaching
staff. Alternatively, you can provide students with sample self and peer assessment
criteria.
 Celebrating successes – If equality and diversity will promote within Gilon Institute
of Higher Education, London then it provided opportunity to particular person that
they can celebrate it. Thus, celebrating success is the best way of promoting inclusion,
equality and diversity.
 Promoting student inclusion – Inclusive education provide opportunities for all young
people to learn together by removing or destroying learning barriers. Along with this,
it also address problem or issues which are concern all individuals who are vulnerable

to exclusion from education (Jackson and O’Grady, 2019). For promoting inclusion
within Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London several strategies are
implemented by educators and it also result in promoting equality and diversity within
working of Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London.
 Challenging inappropriate behaviour – By providing equal opportunities to each and
every individual educational institution result in promoting equality and diversity. In
addition to this, it is important for every individual to promote equality and diversity
which can be only possible with in appropriate behaviour.
C: Analyse ways to promote inclusion
Inclusion is explained as the state of being included or being made part of something.
It simply means that each and every people, regardless of their abilities, disabilities or health
care needs result in including people without any discrimination. There are several ways of
promoting inclusion explanation of these are as follows :-
 Positive attitude – A positive attitude can affect students’ learning and engagement in
a good way. It is helpful to provide a welcoming atmosphere to all students regardless
of their ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds or educational preparedness
(Georgiadou, Gonzalez-Perez and Olivas-Lujan, 2019). As teachers build a personal
connection with their students, it can increase class participation and enthusiasm.
Having a supportive environment motivates students to perform better.
 Encouraging best practices – It is also way which help in providing assistance to
encourage inclusion as these best practices involve equal opportunities, team working
and several more which result in promoting inclusion.
 Tackling discrimination – It is important for teacher within educational institution to
tackle discrimination within effective manner. Because it may result in giving
negative impact on promoting inclusion. Thus, it is important for educational
institution for manage discrimination within effective manner because it result in
tacking inclusion practices.
 Working with others – When people work with each other for particular task and
project within educational institution then it will result in promoting inclusion.
D: Explain actions that can be taken to value individual learners and explain good practice in
providing individual learners with information.
Actions value individual learners

 Awareness raising – Creating awareness related to individual learner’s result creating
awareness for learning of individual personal.
 Promoting personal values – If values of particular person will be promoted then it
will result in promoting personal values.
 Developing individual roles and responsibilities – If particular person will be aware
about their role and responsibilities then it results in action value individual learners
(de Wet and Simmonds, 2019).
Good practices in providing individual learners
 Appropriate language in delivering information – It is important for an educator to
deliver information by using proper language so that they will be able to understand
and learn things in effective manner.
 Using appropriate management strategies and information system – For educational
institution it is important to use management strategy as well as information system
because it will help in delivering skills as well as knowledge in better manner.
 Translated to recognise and meet students need – Every student have different needs it
is important for educator to translate their students need and make them fulfil in better
manner.
TASK 5
A: Explain the relationship between own role and the roles of other professionals involved in
inclusive practice.
B: Identify the points of referral available to meet the individual needs of your learners.
There are several points of referral which are available and provide assistance in
meeting individual needs of learners explanation of these are as follows ;-
 Counselling – It is one of the best methods with the assistance of which an
educational institution will able to identify need and want of particular student in
better manner (Özbilgin, 2019). Along with this, they will be able to fulfil that need
after determining it in better manner. In counselling each and every point related to
individual behaviour and other factors discuss in better manner.
 Tutorial or mentor support – If student find that there tutor or mentor are supportive
then they will discuss each and every thing related to there requirement in better

manner. Such practices will provide assistance to educational institution in fulfilling
there students learning need in better manner.
 Referring students for functional – it is also practicing which provide assistance in
fulfilling individual learners need in better manner.
C: What are the strategies that you use to liaise with the professionals involved?
There are several strategies that can be use by an educator in educational institution to
liaise with professional involved. Explanation of these are as follows :-
 Regular contact – There are several ways of regular contact with professionals such as
phone calls, Emails, messages and many more (Johnson and Hinton, 2019). Because
these help in remaining in touch with professional within effective manner and
providing better services to students.
 Meetings – For an educational institution it is important to conduct meetings with
their professional on timely basis. Because such practices provide assistance in
maintaining contact with professional. Along with this, in meeting sessions they will
be able to share important information with each other in proper manner.
 Involve professional with students in and outside sessions – It is one of the best
strategy which educational institution can use for liaise with professional because by
giving session inside as well as outside the educational institution proper contact will
be build with professional (Chun and Feagin, 2019). In simple term it can be said that,
they will remain in conduct and help in developing skills and knowledge of staff.
Above mention strategies can be used by an educational institution for remaining in contact
with there professional as well as these provide assistance in enhancing skills and knowledge
of people in more effective manner.

TASK 6
A. Demonstrate how you promote equality and diversity through a Lesson Plan.
There are several major steps which individual has to take for promoting equality and
diversity through there lesson plan. Promoting equality and diversity in the classroom need
not be a challenge and is something that all children should be familiar with from an early
age. Explanation of these are as follows :-
 Setting clear rules in regards to how people should be treated.
 Challenging any negative attitudes.
 Treating all staff and students fairly and equally.
 Creating an all-inclusive culture for staff and students.
 Avoiding stereotypes in examples and resources.
 Using resources with multicultural themes.
 Actively promoting multiculturalism in lessons.
 Planning lessons that reflect the diversity of the classroom.
 Ensuring all students have equal access to opportunities and participation.
 Making sure that learning materials do not discriminate against anyone and are
adapted where necessary, e.g. large print or audio tape format.
 Using a variety of teaching methods.
 Using a variety of assessment methods.
 Ensuring policies and procedures don’t discriminate against anyone.
Thus, it is important for an educator to set lesion plan in such manner that it will result in
promoting equality and diversity within educational institution (Phillips, 2019). Because
any type of discrimination within such places will not going to tolerate by students and
staff working over there.
B. Define organisational culture.
Organisation culture is explained as underlying beliefs, assumptions, values as well as
ways of interacting which contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of
an business firm. The way in to a successful association is to have a culture dependent on an
emphatically held and broadly shared allowance of faith-based expectations that are upheld
by system and structure (Zhang, Qin and Liu, 2019). At the point when an association has a
solid culture, three things occur: Employees realize how top administration needs them to

react to any circumstance, representatives accept that the normal reaction is the best possible
one, and workers realize that they will be compensated for exhibiting the association's
qualities. HR has a fundamental job in propagating a solid culture, beginning with enlisting
and choosing candidates who will share the association's convictions and flourish in that
culture. HR additionally creates direction, preparing and execution the board programs that
diagram and strengthen the association's fundamental beliefs and guarantees that proper
prizes and acknowledgment go to representatives who genuinely typify the qualities.
C. Give examples of how your own behaviours impacted negatively and positively on your
organisational culture.
Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London culture have wide impact of individual
behaviour in both negative and positive manner. Because culture of an business firm totally
depended on working as well as behaviour of these staff members. As there behaviour will
result in positive and negative both impact on business firm. Such as if behaviour of staff
member is not to promote equality and diversity then they will conduct there operations in
such manner which will result in negative impact on working of educational institution.
Along with this, inclusion also promote equality and diversity if they will not want to work in
team with each other will also give negative impact on Gilon Institute of Higher Education,
London culture as well as educational institution will not able to accomplish there goals and
objectives within required duration in effective manner (Segawa, 2019). Apart from this,
there are several positive outcomes also of individual behaviour in promoting Gilon Institute
of Higher Education, London culture. Such as if individual work in team and discuss things
with each other in proper manner then in will give positive impact on working of business
firm as well as Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London culture also. Some of them are
mention below :-
 Promoting inclusive learning environment – inclusive learning environment result in
developing positive Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London culture because
when employees work with each other it results equality and diversity practices in
there working.
 Working with others – It is simply means working in team when employees work
with each other it results in promoting team work and positive working environment.
 Sharing good practices – It is also a practice which result in supporting good practices
and employees also feel motivated and conduct work in effective manner.

TASK 7
Review the effectiveness of own inclusive practice and promotion of equality and diversity.
There are several skills which required by me for promoting equality and diversity
(Leal Filho, and et. al., 2019). So for analysing these skills in better manner I will going to
use skill audit template. Explanation of these are as follows :-
Skills 1 2 3 4 5
Cultural sensitivity *
Conflict-resolution skills *
organisation and project management
skills
*
Ability to work as part of team *
Note – Above mention skills will be rate out of 5.
Thus, from above skill audit it has been summarised that there are several skills which need
for promoting equality and diversity such as cultural sensitivity, Conflict-resolution skills,
Gilon Institute of Higher Education, London and project management skills and ability to
work as part of team (Nada and Araújo, 2019). In addition to this, I need to work on two
major skills which help me in promoting equality and diversity i.e., ability to work as part of
team as well as conflict resolution skills.

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