Unconscious Bias Training Program
Unconscious Bias Training Program in Universities (video materials)
Objectives:
To recognize "unconscious bias" hidden in ourselves and our organization (laboratory, department, university, etc.) and to consider what we can do to create a university where diversity, gender equality in particular, is respected.
Targets:
Heads of university departments and laboratories and those who conduct personnel affairs and hiring.
Contents:
- Video (approx. 18 minutes)
- Explaining the concept of "unconscious bias
- Checking for unconscious bias
• Recruitment of researchers
• Recruitment of female researchers
• Fostering researchers
• Researchers' working styles
Instruction:
(1) Check Sheet 1 (approx. 3 minutes)
Please read Check Sheet 1 prior to watching the video.
(2) Watch the video (approx. 18 minutes)
Learn about "unconscious bias" and consider what kind of bias may be latent in ourselves and our organization.
*Click on the □ mark in the lower right corner of the video to watch it on full screen.
**You can change the playback speed by clicking the gear symbol displayed in the lower right corner of the video.
(3) Check Sheet 2 (approx. 5 minutes)
Please write about what you learned from the video.
(4) Discuss what we can do
Please share your answers to Check Sheet 1 and 2 with other participants and discuss what we can do to create an organization where diversity is respected.
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