This hands-on and highly interactive masterclass will look at how to apply the fundamental principles of creativity and innovation to issues of diversity and inclusion in Higher Education.

We start by looking at the challenges that exist for you, specifically, and the places your thinking and action might be stuck. From there, we’ll learn the basics of how to generate more and better ideas around diversity and inclusion faster and easier and implement better policies successfully.

The COVID 19 pandemic has forced us to rethink the models we use in the world of diversity and inclusion just as much as everywhere else. We cannot design new models by thinking in the same way we used to. Better creativity brings more ideas and wider perspectives, and understanding the challenges of innovating in the real world makes it easier to implement breakthrough solutions. These realities apply to Higher Education as much as everywhere else.

Technological advances in online learning have opened the door to a potentially wider access to Higher Education, particularly to students who wouldn’t be able to access it mostly for financial reasons otherwise. Mobility rules have also been challenged with the pandemic. What does it mean for inclusion in Higher Education institutions? How do these issues apply to Africa and South Africa in different ways than in the rest of the world?