NUI Certificate in Equality Studies Online

The course will provide students with the knowledge and understanding needed to deal effectively with issues of equality and diversity in the workplace in a rapidly changing Ireland. The course will equip practitioners with the competence to become professional trainers in this challenging area in order to contribute to the development of socially inclusive workplaces.

The course is relevant to all who espouse the values of social inclusion and equality. It has particular resonance to private sector companies and businesses and staff of community and voluntary organisations, who seek to create workplaces where diversity is prized as an asset for generating new ideas and new ways of working.

The Certificate consists of four modules. These are presented in an open/flexible learning format, supported by four days of workshops:

• Module 1: Reflecting on Equality and Diversity: Reflective Practice; History,
  concepts and ideologies; Sources of prejudice and discrimination; Conducting practitioner
  research
• Module 2: The Shape of Irish Society: Demography; Irish State and legal system;
  Outline of Equality legislation.
• Module 3: Equality and Diversity in the Workplace: Equality through the
  employment cycle – Focus on models and practice in relation to gender, work life balance,
  age, ethnicity and disability
• Module 4: Delivering Equality: Development of equality and diversity policies;
  Managing equality and diversity issues – Recruitment and selection, Training and
  development; Facilitation and mentoring.

Fee €1250.  An Easy Payment Plan is available upon registration.

Part time students who are on courses at levels 6 to 10 on the framework of qualifications may be eligible to for the Student Assistance Fund (SAF) to help with the associated costs of attending a university course such as Travel, Childcare, Utilities, Materials etc. You should first consult: SAF Guidelines to see if you qualify and then e-mail student.budget@mu.ie to make further enquiries.