Support for Universities

Helping universities and tertiary providers strengthen racial equity, inclusive teaching and institutional responsiveness.

Diversity Focus partners with universities, colleges and tertiary institutions seeking to build more equitable and inclusive learning environments. We support academic staff, professional staff, leaders and institutional teams through consulting, professional learning and eLearning.

Our work helps universities strengthen racial literacy, improve culturally responsive practice and respond more effectively to staff and student experiences of inclusion, exclusion and belonging.

How We Support Universities

Professional learning for staff

We provide workshops and staff learning sessions designed to build confidence, understanding and practical capability among academic and professional staff.

Institutional consulting

We support universities to gather insight, consult with stakeholders, review current approaches and identify priorities for action.

Leadership advisory

We offer strategic support for leaders seeking to strengthen institutional responses to race, culture, inclusion and belonging.

Teaching and learning support

We help universities strengthen inclusive and culturally responsive approaches to curriculum, teaching, student engagement and classroom experience.

eLearning solutions

We provide scalable online learning options that can support staff capability across faculties, schools, campuses and professional teams.

Common Challenges We Help Universities With

We support universities that are seeking to:

improve staff capability around race, bias and inclusion
strengthen student experience and belonging
respond to concerns related to racism or exclusion
support more inclusive teaching and learning environments
review institutional practice, policy or processes
build clearer strategic responses to equity-related priorities

Example Topics for Universities

anti-racism in higher education
inclusive teaching and learning practice
microaggressions, bias and student experience
racial literacy for academic and professional staff
leadership for equity and inclusion
belonging and institutional culture
culturally responsive approaches in tertiary education
implicit bias in higher education

Who This Is For

Our university support is suitable for:

academic staff
professional staff
faculty and school leaders
executive leaders
student-facing teams
student experience teams
equity, diversity and inclusion portfolios
teaching and learning units

Outcomes

Our work with universities can support:

stronger staff capability and confidence
more inclusive teaching and engagement
clearer understanding of staff and student experiences
more effective institutional responses
stronger alignment between strategy, practice and culture