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Diversity Professional Development and Intercultural Communication Training

Diversity Professional Development is a Murdoch University initiative focused on enhancing staff skills in diversity and interculturality by providing a comprehensive diversity and intercultural awareness training.

Dedicated professional development sessions have been designed to address intercultural matters relevant to staff working offshore and diversity matters relevant to the local learning community. The sessions include tailored workshops for staff teaching offshore, general awareness of diversity and effective intercultural communication, country briefing sessions, information sessions on understanding disability and education, workshops on embedding diversity in units of study.

Customised Diversity Professional Development Training Session are available. If a need has been identified in an area, it is possible for staff to arrange an area-specific training session.

Training Schedule for 2008

Audience: Academic and Sessional Staff
DATE & TIME WORKSHOP: Handling diversity in Murdoch classrooms VENUE
Wednesday
26 March 2008
1.30 - 3.30pm

In this session I shall be aiming to create awareness of the concepts of diversity and inter-cultural competence. Diversity is often associated with race and cultural differences however it encompasses a range of other differences that we, as academics, need to be aware of during our interactions with students and peers. Underpinning these compliance issues lie our legal and ethical responsibilities under the Equal Opportunity laws. During the session we shall examine various classroom scenarios and develop our own means to deal with them.

 FTLR Lib 4.040
Audience: Academic and Sessional Staff
DATE & TIME WORKSHOP: Teaching African students VENUE
Thursday
27 March 2008
9.30 - 11.30am

An increasing number of students from Africa are enrolling in degrees and semester courses at Murdoch. In this session the cultural attributes of these students will be highlighted and strategies developed to meet their particular and diverse learning needs.

 FTLR Lib 4.040

Training Schedule for 2007

School of Chiropractic Science Customised Diversity Professional Development Training
DATE & TIME PROGRAM VENUE
Tuesday
3 April 2007
9.00 - 11.00am
  • An Introduction to the Equal Opportunity Law
  • The Equal Opportunity Law and changes to the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 that will make racially offensive behaviour in public unlawful (it is expected that the Equal Opportunity Amendment Act 2006 will be passed by State Parliament mid-year)
  • Substantive Equality and its application in the University
 Clinic Conference Room
Staff of the Murdoch Guild of Students Customised Diversity Professional Development Training
DATE & TIME PROGRAM VENUE
Wednesday
4 April 2007
9.30 - 11.30am
  • An Introduction to the Equal Opportunity Law
  • The Equal Opportunity Law and changes to the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 that will make racially offensive behaviour in public unlawful (it is expected that the Equal Opportunity Amendment Act 2006 will be passed by State Parliament mid-year)
  • Substantive Equality and its application in organisations
 Senate Conference Room
School of Psychology: Students enrolled in PSY434 and PSY232 Psychology Advanced Topic D Customised Workshop and Lecture on Equal Opportunity Law, Stereotypes and Discrimination
DATE & TIME PROGRAM VENUE
Monday
14 May 2007
2.30 - 5.30pm
  • An Introduction to the Equal Opportunity Law and its application in the Workplace
  • The Equal Opportunity Law and changes to the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 that will make racially offensive behaviour in public unlawful (it is expected that the Equal Opportunity Amendment Act 2006 will be passed by State Parliament mid-year)
  • Culture, Stereotypes, Perceptions and Discrimination
 VBS 2.023
School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences Diversity Professional Development Training
DATE & TIME PROGRAM VENUE
Tuesday
29 May 2007
9.00 - 11.00am
  • An Introduction to the Equal Opportunity Law
  • The Equal Opportunity Law and changes to the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 that will make racially offensive behaviour in public unlawful (it is expected that the Equal Opportunity Amendment Act 2006 will be passed by State Parliament mid-year)
  • Diversity Awareness and Intercultural Communication
 VB 3.106
Tuesday
12 June 2007
9.00 - 11.00am

REPEAT SESSION AS ABOVE

 LB 4.008
School of Information Technology Diversity Professional Development Training
DATE & TIME PROGRAM VENUE
Monday
3 September 2007
9.00 - 11.00am
  • An Introduction to the Equal Opportunity Law
  • The Equal Opportunity Law and changes to the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 that will make racially offensive behaviour in public unlawful (it is expected that the Equal Opportunity Amendment Act 2006 will be passed by State Parliament mid-year)
  • Diversity Awareness and Intercultural Communication
 Blue Water Grill, Applecross