Developing Across Differences: DEI & Key Tools to support a sustainable, measurable impact.

This course is for you if you are a:

● DEI consultant working at the organisational level

● Human Resources manager

● Chief Diversity Officer or staff member

● Transformation manager

● Equity manager

● Organisational leader at any level in the corporate, nonprofit and public sectors

Level requirements

The DAD is for multipliers who help individuals, organizations and societies better recognize, appreciate and use differences as a way of better communicating, working and thriving together.

These are (in-house and external) trainers, educators, consultants, coaches, researchers, scholars, facilitators, HR staff, advanced-level (MA+) students, and professional development specialists with 5+ years of experience/study in the greater Differences field. Contact the organisers at ic rug.nl or info iddifferences.org for consultation about appropriateness and eligibility.

It is expected that the participants have a sufficient command of the English language to actively participate in the discussions and to present their own work in English.

Sunday, 7 July
15.00-18.00 Optional networking event

Tuesday, 9 July
09.00-17.30

Course approach

We will use a highly interactive, hands-on approach in which you’ll learn the theory and then try out various practices and tools to address a real workplace challenge which you’ll actively work on with your peers to discuss and share how you would approach such a challenge using a holistic approach to DEI.

In this course, you will learn how to help yourself and those you work with so that you/they can better:

● Understand the breadth and depth of the GDEIB tool including its 4 groups, 15 categories and concrete action areas, and 275 total benchmarks, each at 5 levels

● Appreciate how the GDEIB can be used to 1) map current realities, 2) inform strategies to reach future goals, 3) qualify and quantify these goals, 4) gauge progress towards these, and 5) help recalibrate goals/strategy as needed on an ongoing basis while 6) engaging stakeholders in the process.

● See how the tool’s global design can be customised to suit your unique organisational circumstances no matter its location, sector, type or size

Workload

6 hours of in-class learning and active participation using experiential methods.

Upon successful completion of the programme, the Summer School offers a Certificate of Attendance that mentions the workload of 6 hours (28 hours corresponds to 1 ECTS). Students can apply for recognition of these credits to the relevant authorities in their home institutions, therefore the final decision on awarding credits is at the discretion of their home institutions. We will be happy to provide any necessary information that might be requested in addition to the certificate of attendance.

Please note that as all courses are subject to meeting minimum enrolments, the DAD team will confirm on or before 17 May 2024  that your course is taking place. We strongly advise you not to book non-refundable travel until you have received this confirmation. In all cases, refunds for courses are not available except in the case of course cancellation by the DAD organisers. In the case that your preferred course is cancelled, you are welcomed to enroll in an alternative course or request a refund. You will be notified on or before 17 May 2024 if the DAD course is cancelled. This policy is different from that of other University of Groningen Summer School and Language Centre courses. Full details are available on the Developing Across Differences (DAD) Learning Lab & Community Week Terms and Conditions page.