DEI Training Courses and Student Ambassadors Programme

28 September 2023 News item

We are looking for new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion student ambassadors. Are you interested in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)? Do you want to learn how to practice DEI with other students and student board members? Do you want to actively contribute to an inclusive climate where every student feels welcome? Do you want to actively promote DEI, and signal and give advice regarding possible DEI improvements within your own faculty? Then the DEI Ambassador Programme is for you!

Two-day training sessions

A two-day DEI training course will start again in October. The training sessions will take place on Thursday 19 October from 13 pm to 17 pm and Thursday 26 October from 13 pm to 17 pm. They cover the basic principles of DEI and focus on awareness of behaviours and structures that can unconsciously lead to the exclusion of others.

The sessions are offered in English.

DEI Student Ambassadors Year Programme

After these training sessions, you can decide whether you want to continue with the DEI Student Ambassadors Year Programme. In this programme, you are trained to become a DEI ambassador across seven in-depth sessions during which you get to work with DEI in concrete terms. We offer a year-long programme during which you will gain knowledge, experience and inspiration, and have room to explore DEI at your own initiative. We ask you to actively contribute and get involved in this. The programme runs as follows:

Day 1 of course: basic principles of DEI
Day 2 of course: basic principles of DEI
Online session 1: inclusive projects
Online session 2: inclusive communication
Online session 3: inclusive thinking and choices
Online session 4: inclusive leadership
Online session 5: case-based learning
Online session 6: case-based learning
Online session 7: inclusive sustainability

Experiences from last year

Are you curious about what the DEI Student Ambassadors achieved last years? Check out the video and website for the DEI toolkit.

Registering and more information

Are you enthusiastic and want to sign up, or do you have questions or comments? We are looking for two DEI student ambassadors within every faculty.

To sign up, please state your name, phone number, e-mail address, and the faculty you are studying, together with a short motivational statement of 250-500 words. Please also indicate whether you are interested in following the year programme or only the introductory training.

Get in touch with Lia Kleuskens, DEI coordinator at Student Affairs: Lia.Kleuskens [at] ru.nl (Lia[dot]Kleuskens[at]ru[dot]nl) / 06 31132610. You can sign up until 15 October.

Do you want to host your own DEI workshops?

Get ready for an amazing opportunity to level up your skills! We're also organizing a fantastic 'Train-the-Trainers' workshop led by Osiris Hoepel, an expert in personal leadership, intercultural communication, and diversity & inclusion together with two other trainers.

In this workshop, you'll learn how to:

Create your own workshop from scratch;
Decide on the content & methods to use;
Direct groups, read a room, and keep people engaged;
Moderate difficult situations & sensitive conversations.

After the workshop you will receive a certificate and can officially create and host your own workshops. You will work together with Lia Kleuskens, coordinator refugee policy, diversity, equity and inclusion in offering your workshop to students, employees and teachers at Radboud University.

Sign-up is possible until Friday September 8th.

When?

This workshop takes place on 12, 14, 16, 20 and 21 September from 10:00-18:00.

Please sign up here and indicate your availability before Friday 8th September:

What's more, we'll have delicious snacks provided by university catering during the workshop, and we'll also have dinner together. Don't forget to indicate your dietary preferences in the sign-up document. The whole course is for free. Only people who will be students at Radboud University in the upcoming academic year can sign up.

Contact information

Contact: L.T.B. Kleuskens (Lia)