Overview
UCD’s vision for EDI is to be a leader and role model in equality and diversity in the higher education sector nationally and internationally, and for EDI to be at the heart of all we do. The EDI Training and Awareness Raising Programme was designed with UCD's values and (opens in a new window)strategic objectives in mind and core objectives to "provide an inclusive educational experience" and to "attract, retain and develop an excellent and diverse cohort of students, faculty and staff." UCD has also committed to a number of actions around EDI-related training as part of its EDI Strategy and Gender Equality Action Plan.
The EDI Training offerings, which are additional to the wider People Development training on offer in UCD, are specifically tailored for our UCD community based on UCD's EDI commitments and your feedback. The programme encompasses a variety of EDI-related training and awareness-raising sessions, delivered virtually and/or in person, including dignity and respect, gender identity, cross-cultural communication, unconscious bias awareness, disability awareness, supports for parents and carers and more. Some of the workshops are the perfect introduction to EDI and others have been tailored for a particular audience, like managers or front-facing staff.
Quotes from Participants:
- Excellent course. Nuanced approach to a complex area.
- Outstanding course, truly something very well put together and presented.
- Excellent. Probably top 1 or 2 of any trainings I've done.
- Very engaging and eye opening. It encouraged open discussion.
- Really well run and structured. Informative as well as engaging.
- All of the EDI training I have taken so far has been excellent and I would highly recommend to colleagues.
How to Register
Visit the EDI Training Calendar page to register via the UCD booking system for sessions currently available.
Please note: participant names and email addresses will be shared with our internal and external facilitators upon enrolment. This is to allow our partners to share calendar invitations, Zoom meeting links and pre-course work as required, and to record attendance for us. For more information, please seeHR Privacy Statement.
EDI eLearning
The EDI Training Programme is complemented by all eLearning courses created for the UCD community, which include:
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
- Building a Respectful Culture at UCD
- Let's Talk about Race in the Higher Education Sector
- Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Employees
- Menopause in the Workplace
- Inclusive Recruitment and Selection (part of the Inclusive Recruitment Training Bundle)
Don't forget to check out UCD's (opens in a new window)LinkedIn Learning platform, which also includes a number of EDI collections curated by our specialist.
Feedback
Great care was taken to plan our EDI programme in line with UCD’s strategic objectives and priorities, best practice and feedback from our community. Please do not hesitate to contact us at (opens in a new window)edi@ucd.ie with suggestions for inclusion in our Programme and we will look into it.
We encourage participants to complete the evaluation survey after each course as your feedback is essential and will enable us to keep building on our programme and ensure that our offerings continue to meet the needs of our community.