Emma Mendes da Costa
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Location Brighton
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I'm Emma and I'm the Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead at my organisation and I'm always looking to expand my knowledge, and recommend new courses to my networks.
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I would love to learn more from Coventry University, as I know that this only scratches the surface of the foundations of project management, but I still appreciated the introduction to project selection models and business cases.
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A business case is a great way to collate a wide range of information about the potential project, including how it will address business goals, why it is considered to be the best route forwards available, and how its potential benefits weigh up against its potential risks. A clear business case will particularly help decision-makers who do not have...
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I think that while technically a project can be considered to be completed once the objectives have been delivered, project management should always include robust and comprehensive review processes to ensure learning from experience, and capture where further improvements can be made.
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I'm interested in learning more about charting a project's lifecycle, and in any further reading suggested about individual phases.
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The initial goal was to launch the first version of the passport as part of our Trust's Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) action plan, but the review and subsequent edits will focus on staff and line manager feedback, and increasing the passport's uptake among teams and services. These will be managed by the original project team, minus me as I'm...
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I'm always looking to hone my leadership and conflict management/resolution skills, especially as within a large NHS Trust the stakeholders/members of my project team are likely to have many competing operational priorities in addition to working on my project.
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Key themes here are communication, trust-building, relationship-building, attention to detail, managing expectations, and maintaining oversight of the project's progress. One of the reasons I love project management so far is just how varied it is, and how much there is to learn from each project.
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For me the interesting thing to remember here is that project management isn't just project planning - it's about overseeing and managing the ongoing progress of the project, tweaking elements as you go along, and working flexibly within complex systems.
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I looked at 'The "dark side" of projectification', which explores the negative effects of projectification on workers' mental health and wellbeing, and the extent to which project tools and methodologies can mitigate these effects.
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I would say that open-heart surgery and a factory manufacturing 100 cars a day are day-to-day operations/processes, and the rest are projects.
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Our NHS Trust have just rolled out a Health and Wellbeing Passport for all staff, which I wrote, along with its accompanying guidance document, after consultation with our Occupational Health, Wellbeing, Human Resources and Staff Side teams. It will be offered to staff during their annual performance and development reviews, and is due to be reviewed in three...
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I'm an Inclusion Project Lead in the NHS, moving into a Workforce Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights Project Manager role in January, so I'm keen to learn as much as I can about the latest project management approaches.
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Today we have the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for 12-15-year-olds, the booster programme for the over-50s, and the Financial Times on Boris Johnson's "killed off" Irish Sea Link plan.
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Hi everyone, I'm Emma and my pronouns are she/her. I'm an Inclusion Project Lead at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, and I'm looking to expand my knowledge of project management approaches, tools and software.
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Hello everyone! My pronouns are she/her, and I’m Inclusion Project Lead and Disability Network Chair at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. I’m keen to increase my knowledge and understanding around the theory and practice of OD, and will be sharing my progress, along with useful resources, with our wider HR/OD team.
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Exclusion of disabled bodies from public spaces, and disabled voices from public debate, often even when the issues being discussed are about health, disability, social care etc.
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Pregnant, deaf, pansexual.
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My name is Emma Mendes da Costa, and I work as a Communications and Engagement Manager at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. I've signed up to this course in order to expand my knowledge around radicalisation from a global perspective, as the basic training for NHS staff is necessarily UK-centric.
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I work as a Communications and Engagement Manager at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, and I'm also chair of our Staff Disability Network. I'm using FutureLearn courses to help expand my knowledge around topics that relate to my work such as human rights, social change, and media engagement.
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I think that by studying the entire context of people's lives, the anthropological approach can help us to understand why different people use their social media in different ways, and how that use in turn impacts upon other aspects of their lives. This can provide us with a more meaningful and deeper understanding than looking at large scale/global trends in...
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I currently use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and WhatsApp. Most that I've used before have either become outdated (MySpace, Diary-X) or didn't hold my attention (Pinterest, Tumblr). A lot of my choices are also informed by accessibility - I am deaf, and cannot access unsubtitled audio or video content.
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I chose "Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp." because I work for an NHS Trust and produce content for our social media accounts. I am constantly looking at how that content is perceived and interpreted, what works on which platforms, and how we could expand our reach by using new platforms in future. I suppose, in essence, I answered the question...
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@LinseyRendell I really like the idea of the movement building on its work in schools, and moving away from gender segregation. I understand the focus on men in building the movement, but everyone's values and assumptions should be addressed, not just the men's.
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This is a brilliant and wide-reaching movement, focusing on changing entrenched cultural norms and values. In terms of what the campaign should do next, I think that on an institutional level the Champions and their community discussion groups could focus on their local courts, lobbying them to move in line with the national laws promoting gender equality. The...
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I looked at the role that healthcare workers can play in identifying and safeguarding potential victims. NHS England have a modern slavery and human trafficking network, and their blog posts around the subject cite both relevant statistics and emotive case studies. Individual NHS Trusts also have safeguarding policies and guidance for staff which is included...
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I think that I would like to improve my resilience to setbacks, so that I can not only keep going after them, but also be able to calmly recognise them as learning experiences, and adjust my change strategies accordingly with a clear head.
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I think the systems approach reinforces the idea that changemakers need to identify and react to windows of opportunity for change, and that power analysis is useful not only when proposing a change, but also in reflecting on changes that have happened, so that we can more effectively learn from our successes. One helpful idea that I've taken from this is to...
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Emma Mendes da Costa replied to Gerda Sanchez
This really resonates with me as I worry that - as chair of a network - my opinion is not being challenged or questioned. I like the idea of the "power of empowering others", encouraging my network members to speak up and act more independently.
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As the Chair of my NHS Trust's Disability Staff Network I have actually been given a lot more power than I thought I would, and the ability to change both attitudes and policy. I believe this is in part because of a shift towards valuing lived experience, and listening to traditionally marginalised groups in order to make culturally-competent organisational...
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On a personal level I see power as a positive word; not in terms of having authority over others, but in terms of having a voice, and the knowledge and resources required to use it. I associate it with agency and freedom. On a global scale I suppose I see it more negatively, associating it with control and oppression.
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I would like the rights of disabled people to be protected and strengthened during and after emergency responses to crises such as the current pandemic. UK disability equality charity Scope have just launched a new campaign to this effect, #WontBeForgotten, which I plan to be actively involved with if possible. 28% of disabled people feel forgotten by the UK...
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This has been an excellent introduction to both the importance of international human rights law and the means by which we can all defend universal human rights. A huge thank you to both Amnesty and Future Learn for providing free access to this inspirational course.
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I hope we can learn from the current pandemic in various ways, including improving access to healthcare and public health information, raising awareness of the dangers of misinformation, and reducing economic-based health inequalities.
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Accessibility - for example, a free and independent press should ensure its media content is accessible to everyone using tools such as subtitles, interpretation, easy read formats, audio description, and inclusive site and app design. Without it, disabled people are excluded from participating in public discourse, and cannot access information that directly...
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To me this video highlights the important point that Pride events are not only celebrations but also protests. I believe that when we march, it is in solidarity with those around the world who still cannot - we are standing up for global LGBTQ+ rights, not just those in our own countries.
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I work in NHS communications and engagement, and I chair our Trust's Disability Staff Network. I'm taking this course to further my knowledge and apply it to my work around diversity and inclusion and culturally competent healthcare provision.
