Almost two-thirds of UK workers who have taken part in diversity training say they have had to “conceal what they really think” for fear of losing their job, according to a new survey from British think tank, the Free Speech Union (FSI).

800 UK workers were surveyed for the study, all of whom had participated in some form of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Climate (EDIC) training with either a current or former employer.

The representative survey of British workers said that ECIC training has become “endemic” in UK workplaces, with 65 per cent of employers saying they had undergone some form of diversity training by either a present or former employer.  

The survey from the advocacy group found that the training was “particularly unpopular” among minorities and members of the LGBT community, with 62 per cent of workers surveyed saying they had to conceal what they “really think about the training they’ve received,” including 22 per cent who “have been compelled to say things that they don’t really believe.”