Masterclasses
Decision-focused masterclasses for applying fairness, inclusion, and equity (FIE) in context.
Masterclasses focus on applying fairness, inclusion, and equity to real decisions in context.
Participants work with their own context, constraints, and responsibilities to strengthen judgement, make trade-offs explicit, and arrive at defensible choices.
If you’re looking for a half-day session that addresses specific challenges that you’re faced with – allowing you to practice applying tools to real-life scenarios – Masterclasses are the perfect training option for you.
Hear from our clients
“Access to practical models, combined with space to explore our unit context, made the learning immediately relevant.
Most valuable was how they connected strategy with stakeholder groups; helping us think more coherently about how change actually happens.
From mapping system experiences to diagnosing fairness and aligning strategy; the course felt like a genuinely joined-up, actionable approach”
Martin Brooks
Head of Research Excellence and Research Strategy, Liverpool John Moores University
Key outcomes
- Be better equipped to make defensible decisions using fairness, inclusion, and equity in their own context.
- Be clearer about the trade-offs, constraints, and risks shaping those decisions.
- Analyse your own context using the framework
- Make informed, defensible choices about what to do differently
- Understand where responsibility sits within their role, and what escalation is required beyond it.
- Identify leverage points and constraints
- Leave thinking: “I’m clearer about the decision I need to make, and how to justify it.”
Which Masterclass is right for you?
Our classes span a range of challenges typically faces in higher education and research environments. Many clients prefer to package multiple classes together to achieve a diverse knowledge and application of skills across their wide-spanning roles.
Understanding Your Environment: The Fairness Diagnostic
Diagnose how fairness is experienced across your organisation and use this to guide defensible decision-making.
Ideal for: EDI Leads, EDI Teams, People or Culture Managers
After this masterclass, participants will:
- Justify decisions where fairness cannot be perfectly achieved
- Apply fairness, inclusion, and equity to decisions shaped by real constraints
- Make trade-offs explicit rather than implicit
Participants will leave thinking:
“I can explain why this decision is fair, given the constraints.”
Duration: Half day
Where: Online or at your premises
Investment: From £55 + VAT per individual (maximum of four tickets per organisation. Course subject to minimum numbers).
Or from £1050 +VAT per cohort
(maximum numbers and travel expenses apply)
Strategic Alignment: Designing People and Environment Strategy That delivers
Align fairness, inclusion, and equity with organisational goals, performance priorities, and strategic outcomes.
Ideal for: REF Leads, Pro Vice Chancellors, Unit of Assessment Leads
After this masterclass, participants will:
- Make strategic choices about people and environments that align intent with outcomes
- Distinguish between symbolic action and structural change
- Take responsibility for the consequences of strategic design decisions
Participants will leave thinking:
“I’m clearer about which strategic choices matter, and why.”
Duration: Half day
Where: Online or at your premises
Investment: From £55 + VAT per individual (maximum of four tickets per organisation. Course subject to minimum numbers).
Or from £1050 +VAT per cohort
(maximum numbers and travel expenses apply)
Involving Your People: Co-production and Root Cause Analysis
Work with those affected by decisions to identify root causes and co-design effective, credible solutions.
Ideal for: REF Leads, Pro Vice Chancellors, Unit of Assessment Leads
After this masterclass, participants will:
- Gather structured input from different groups
- Identify underlying causes of issues, not just symptoms
- Ensure affected groups meaningfully shape solutions
- Recognise and address missing or underrepresented perspectives
Duration: Half day
Where: Online or at your premises
Investment: From £55 + VAT per individual (maximum of four tickets per organisation. Course subject to minimum numbers).
Or from £1050 +VAT per cohort
(maximum numbers and travel expenses apply).
Delivery and Accountability: Governance and Communications
Design governance and communication approaches that ensure delivery, accountability, and measurable impact.
Ideal for: EDI Leads, EDI Teams, People or Culture Managers, REF Leads, CDT or Research Leads
After this masterclass, participants will:
- Define roles, responsibilities, and decision-making structures
- Establish clear accountability for EDI outcomes
- Identify risks such as disengagement or backlash
- Develop communication approaches that anticipate stakeholder response
- Track progress through meaningful measures, not just activity
Duration: Half day
Where: Online or at your premises
Investment: From £55 + VAT per individual (maximum of four tickets per organisation. Course subject to minimum numbers).
Or from £1050 +VAT per cohort
(maximum numbers and travel expenses apply)
REF SPRE Statement Success
A design and review framework to prepare 4* ULS and ILS SPRE statements.
Ideal for: REF Leads, Pro Vice Chancellors, Unit of Assessment Leads
After this masterclass, participants will:
- Learn how to design and review your statements for REF 2029 submission success
- Be confident in where to source date from and who to collaborate with
- Have a repeatable framework for complementary ULS and ILS statements
Duration: Half day
Where: Online or at your premises
Investment: From £55 + VAT per individual (maximum of four tickets per organisation. Course subject to minimum numbers).
Or from £1050 +VAT per cohort
(maximum numbers and travel expenses apply)
Focus and Priorities: System Experiences Mapping
Identify where workplace systems are working and failing by mapping how different groups experience them in practice.
Ideal for: EDI Leads, CDT Leads, REF Leads, Pro Vice Chancellors, Unit of Assessment Leads
After this masterclass, participants will:
- Understand how policies and processes are experienced day-to-day
- Identify systemic barriers affecting different groups
- Distinguish root causes from surface-level issues
- Prioritise areas of focus based on evidence, not assumption
Duration: Half day
Where: Online or at your premises
Investment: From £55 + VAT per individual (maximum of four tickets per organisation. Course subject to minimum numbers).
Or from £1050 +VAT per cohort
(maximum numbers and travel expenses apply).
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Progress in Practice
Structured practice in using fairness, inclusion, and equity to reason through common workplace and research situations.
FIELDS
A step-by-step methodology empowering people to create inclusive environment strategies.
Foundations of FIE
Build a shared understanding of fairness, inclusion, and equity to support meaningful culture change.