Graduate Certificate in Professional Equity and Inclusion
Enrolments are now open for the new Graduate Certificate in Professional Equity and Inclusion. This program is co-delivered by the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences and the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education.
Equity and social justice have become increasingly professionalised across organisational and institutional contexts. Yet many of the prevailing approaches to creating equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives apply superficial, by-the-numbers understandings of the causes of inequalities, inequity and injustice. While these can be effective, they often misunderstand or ignore many of the complex issues of inequality that create these problems in the first place.
The Graduate Certificate provides a broad examination of the issues that surround equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice as they play out through and within organisations and institutions. The Certificate enables advanced engagement with practical and theoretical resources that can address a range of challenges in developing equity and inclusion strategies across different professional and organisational contexts. Students will be taught by internationally recognised scholars from different disciplines, including the UNESCO Chair in Equity, Social Justice and Higher Education team.
The Graduate Certificate will build your expertise and ability to produce high-level real-world engagement in developing, implementing and advancing equity and inclusion initiatives responsive to intersecting social inequalities.
What does it involve?
Students must complete 40 units of core courses that include:
- Key Issues in Institutional Equity and Inclusive Practice
- Shaping Organisations and Communities: Advocacy and Change
- Project Design and Evaluation
- Writing the Field of Equity
These courses explore key questions, including:
- How do broader social inequalities intersect with institutions and organisations?
- How does writing practice shape and influence equity initiatives?
- What are the appropriate evaluation methodologies for progressing equity and inclusion?
- What is advocacy and how do we advocate effectively?
Learn more and enrol
The program outline and details on how to enrol are available here.
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