Learn, Lead, Progress: Widening Participation training module
09 Mar 2022
Understand access to higher education through our new module
Widening Participation is firmly embedded in our University's values and our core goals of teaching, learning and social responsibility. This is because we know that higher education has the potential to be transformative to individuals, local communities and the wider society.
However, a huge amount of research shows that not everyone has an equal opportunity to accessing and/or succeeding at higher education level.
In order to achieve our goal of ensuring there are ‘no barriers for studying and no barriers for learning’, we believe that colleagues must work together to tackle the issues of underrepresentation of certain groups of students within higher education.
We are pleased to promote the new Widening Participation for Staff training module. This training has been designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of Widening Participation to all staff and informs of the actions that can be taken by any staff member, regardless of role, in creating an inclusive and supportive environment for all our students.
We strongly encourage all staff to complete this new training. The training takes approximately 40 minutes to complete and you do not need to complete it in one sitting.
In the meantime, have a look at our L&OD webpages and our Learning for All guide and join the conversation on our Yammer page.