Religion & Belief Workshop

Understanding religious diversity of our students and staff community

LJMU’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Team, are proud to be working in partnership with Zia Chaudhry (Director of LJMU Foundation for Citizenship), Zane Abdo (LJMU Muslim Adviser/Chaplin), Rabbi Natan Fagelman (Jewish Chaplain) and an array of external consultants in order to offer LJMU Staff, the opportunity to participate in a bespoke Religion & Belief workshop.

WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

• DATE:   Friday 13th March 2020
• TIME:   10:00 -  12.30/13:00**
• LOCATION:   Redmonds Building, Room 519 (5th Floor), Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L3 5UG

*The above schedule is subject to change

**The morning session will aim to finish by 12:30 to allow participants whom wish to partake in Friday prayers (between the hours of 1-2pm) time to prepare. 

This training opportunity was open to LJMU Staff from the Faculty of Health in the first instance and has now been opened up to a University wide audience. Places are limited and will be issued on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Aim Of The Training Session Is To Help Participants:

• Develop a deeper understanding of different religions and beliefs.
• Building Good Relations with People of Different Faiths and Beliefs.
• Skills for working and studying as part of a diverse university environment.
• Actions that can be detrimental to the general wellbeing of staff and students, which can also be unlawful.
• Reflect on any unconscious bias that may lead us to make assumptions about people who are different from ourselves.
• The University’s obligations under the Equality Act 2010.
• Explore key features of religion & belief in Higher Education and its effects on student and staff.
• The right of employees and students who do not hold a religious belief to be treated no less favorably than their religious colleagues.
• Develop a strategy for individual action.

Questions?

Please email equality@ljmu.ac.uk or call 0151 231 8660 / 8141