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Cost
Full price: $1,417
Early bird price: $1,276 Early bird price ends on Monday 3 February 2025, 11.59pm (AEDT).
Event Description:
Expand your inclusive practitioner toolkit by engaging deeply with the equity, social justice and social inclusion literature and exploring a range of useful activities and strategies.
This interactive microcredential will introduce you to the fundamentals of equity, human rights and social justice and their role in shaping the higher education space. You will reflect on student and staff experiences, your own values and practices, and explore practical solutions and strategies that you will be able to integrate into your professional and social practices.
During the course you will:
- Explore the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion in higher education
- Gain an understanding of the experiences of historically marginalised groups
- Consider how culture, diversity and identity impact on learning and social interaction
- Examine the principles for inclusion and adapt them to your own professional context in higher education
- Learn how to create conditions for change that produce greater inclusion and wider participation
- Identify opportunities to translate your theoretical learning into practice in your own work and life
By the end of the course, you’ll understand barriers to diversity and be ready to design practical solutions with inclusion at their core.
Key benefits of this microcredential
This microcredential has been designed to:
- Immerse you in the latest theories, concepts and frameworks related to inclusive practices in higher education
- Strengthen your ability to design practical solutions and strategies to maintain or create more inclusive environments
- Equip you with the skills, resources and knowledge to be an effective, accountable and responsible ally for social change
- Develop your ability to analyse complex issues and reflect critically and creatively as an inclusive practitioner.
This microcredential aligns with the 3 credit point subject, Practising Inclusion: Working and Teaching for Social Justice (010065) in the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning. This microcredential may qualify for recognition of prior learning at this and other institutions.
Digital badge and certificate
A digital badge and certificate will be awarded upon successful completion of the relevant assessment requirements and attainment of learning outcomes of the microcredential.
Learn more about UTS Open digital badges.
Who should do this microcredential?
This microcredential is suitable for anyone with an interest in inclusive practice in higher education, including:
- Academics
- University professional staff
- Professionals working in organisations related to higher education
- PhD students and postdoctoral fellows.
Price
Full price: $1,417 (GST free)*
Early bird price: $1,276 (GST free)* Early bird price ends on Monday 3 February 2025, 11.59pm (AEDT).
*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase.
Discounts are available for this course. For further details and to verify if you qualify, please check the Discounts section under Additional course information.
Sponsored places for UTS staff
UTS is committed to supporting its staff to deliver quality teaching and learning experiences. The University provides sponsored places for UTS staff admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, as well as staff who wish to undertake this microcredential and potentially use its successful completion for credit on subsequent admission to the degree.
To apply for a sponsored place for UTS staff in this microcredential, please email FASSSFL@uts.edu.au. Limited sponsored places are available.
Discounts are available for this course. For further details and to verify if you qualify, please check the Discounts section under Additional course information.
Enrolment conditions
Course purchase is subject to UTS Open Terms and Conditions.
Register to attend
- Mon 03 Mar 2025- Fri 11 Apr 2025
Enrolments close on Monday 3 March 2025 at 9am AEDT, or when all places have been filled, whichever occurs first.