Objectives: “Reflect and grow” is your personal journey to deepen your commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). Through a guided self-assessment journal, you’ll reflect on your experiences, perceptions, and areas for growth in EDI.
- Guided self-assessment: Reflect on your EDI knowledge, attitudes, and experiences with thought-provoking questions.
- Personalised feedback: Receive insights and recommendations based on your responses.
- Actionable resources: Access curated resources to expand your understanding and application of EDI principles.
Introduction: Reflect and Grow is a personal journey designed to deepen your commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). Through a guided self-assessment journal, you’ll have the opportunity to reflect on your knowledge, attitudes, and experiences related to EDI, and receive personalised feedback to help you grow. This activity also encourages you to embrace your authentic self, explore your cultural heritage, and practice self-affirmation. With curated resources and thoughtful reflection, you’ll strengthen your understanding of EDI principles while celebrating your unique qualities and achievements.
Topic: A guided self-assessment journal that supports personal reflection, growth, and deeper understanding of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) through personalised feedback and self-affirmation.
Keywords: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Cultural competency; Professional development; Inclusive or Responsible design; Active learning.
Embrace your authentic self
- Spend time to reflect on who you are, what you identify with, and what makes you, you (your uniqueness)
- Deepen your knowledge of your cultural heritage. This can involve speaking to people from the older generation who share the same cultural heritage as you and participating in cultural practices where possible
Practice self-affirmation
- Reflect on your achievements. This could be your academic progression, work experiences, any awards or positive feedback you have received from others about something you have done
- Reflect on things you are happy doing; what you are good at; any talents you have; skillsets you have or are developing
- Using the above reflections, affirm your worth and celebrate your unique talents and experiences.
- Spend time practicing positive self-talk and challenge any internalised negative messages that may hold you back
Click here to download your self-reflection journal and start exploring your insights.
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Please note: Discussions around discrimination, prejudice and bias are highly complex and part of a much wider national and international debate, including contested histories. As such, we have limited the scope of our resources to educating and supporting students.
The resources that the EPC and its partners are producing in this area will continue to expand and, if you feel there is an issue that is currently underrepresented in our content, we would be delighted to work with you to create more. Please get in touch.
