Diversity

In February 2019 we announced our partnership with ReciteMe, a cloud-based web accessibility solution which allows us to customise our website to offer a suite of accessibility tools, including solutions for visitors with dyslexia, visual impairment and learning difficulties. Our mission? We wanted to ensure our online recruitment process was accessible to everyone to ensure...

This Sunday 8th March will mark #InternationalWomensDay2020, a day to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality. This year the theme is #EachforEqual which highlights the importance of challenging stereotypes, fighting bias and broadening perceptions where collectively, each one of us can help create a gender-equal world. Throu...

Morson Group has been shortlisted in the first ever Engineering Talent Awards in two categories. The Engineering Talent Awards are a new recognition scheme that have been set up by Equal Engineers, an organisation headed up by Mark McBride-Wright. By connecting inclusive employers with diverse talent, their aim is to create inclusive engineering and technology organisations ...

“In a previous workplace I definitely think I was treated differently because of my sexuality, but the industry has changed a lot since then.” Samantha Clinch is a recruitment manager for the Energy, Power and Construction division at Morson. Openly out since she was a teenager, Sam speaks to us about prejudice, overcoming stigmas and the power of truly inclusive workplaces....

The country’s largest awards championing gender equalities announces the Future and Power Lists for 2020. Northern Power Women today have released the names of 102 women who have contributed to making a difference in their communities and organisations as well as raising awareness of gender equality across the North of England. The Power List celebrates women who challenge t...

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION | 2 MIN READ Morson are proud to announce that we have joined leading companies from a range of sectors and industries in signing the Inclusive Culture Pledge in 2020, an initiative managed by diversity consultancy The EW Group. Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is becoming increasingly important for both employers and employees. Research has s...

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION | 6 MIN READ In September, we launched our Rainbow Laces campaign which saw hundreds of Morson track operatives working on the London Underground given rainbow-striped laces for their safety boots in celebration and support of the LGBT community. To celebrate Rainbow Laces Day 2019, we reflect on the successes of our Rainbow Laces initiative, find out m...

DIVERSITY EVENT | 2 MIN READ Morson was proud to sponsor the R-Ladies data event which was focused around creating diversity in data hosted by Thoughtworks. The mission of R-Ladies is to achieve proportionate representation by encouraging, inspiring, and empowering people of genders currently underrepresented in the R community. We spoke to Ellen from R-Ladies to find out mo...

DIVERSITY | 4 MIN READ We chat to Anna Wooden who is flying the flag for women in rail working within Morson's rail division. Find out more about her flourishing career and how she says that working within a male-dominated industry only makes her even more determined to prove that women are equal to men when out on track. We’ve proudly been flying the flag for women in rail ...

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION | 6 MIN READ Hundreds of Morson Track Operatives working on the London Underground are being given rainbow-striped laces for their safety boots in celebration and support of the LGBT community. As members of LGBT charity Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme, Morson has committed to ensuring all of its candidates are encouraged to be themselves at w...

Due to expansion and significant investment in infrastructure, confidence in the UK rail industry is at its highest. Crossrail and the soon to commence HS2 projects are just two of the landmark schemes that are helping the sector to flourish. Consequently, the rail market has the opportunity to be a catalyst for change, as the success of these technical projects depends on r...

Working as Head of Marketing for a global staffing business that operates within some of the sectors hardest hit by diversity imbalance, it has been a priority of mine from day one to embrace and promote diversity, both within the Morson Group and amongst the many stakeholders we support. I was completely honoured to be named on Northern Power Women’s Future List 2019, havin...

INDUSTRY NEWS | AEROSPACE | 4 MIN READ The European Space Agency (ESA) and Barbie have collaborated to showcase the achievements of Samantha Cristoforetti, the only active female astronaut in Europe. The campaign will begin with a number of motivational videos being released, in which Ms Cristoforetti will show young girls from the UK, Germany, France and Italy around the ES...

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION | 5 MIN READ Diversity, equality and inclusion are three codes that the tech industry is yet to crack. Currently, just 17% of tech roles are filled by women, with the sector. We take a look at some company-wide culture changes that will set the standard of what tech companies can be doing to address and stamp out the issue of gender inequality. Diversit...

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION | 3 MIN READ Morson was delighted to sponsor the Women in Rail #TransformTheFuture event last month. Representatives from J Murphy & Sons spoke about how they made tangible improvements to their policies, working environments and marketing collateral to deliver an inclusive and accessible working environment. In partnership with J Murphy & Sons, Morson ...