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What's special about Fircroft?
How good
is the training?
Can you
guarantee the quality of the training?
How is The Certificate in Managing Diversity and Equality accredited?
Who leads the
programme?
How much does
the programme cost?
How do I find out more and book a place on the programme?
Who are our
clients?
What do
our customers say?
Want to find out
more about Diversity and Equality?
What's
special about Fircroft College?
Fircroft College of Adult Education
was founded in Birmingham in 1909 to pioneer residential
education and training for ‘working people’. The purpose of Fircroft’s education was to “promote social justice”.
From its inception Fircroft had strong international links. The
College was modelled on the democratically elected Scandinavian
‘People’s High Schools’. In the 1930’s many trade unionists and
political activists fleeing Nazism came to live and study at
Fircroft.
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Tom Bryan,
was appointed as Fircroft’s first Warden (Principal) in
1909.
Tom Bryan strongly believed that Fircroft should be “a
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After the Second World War,
one quarter of Fircroft students came from overseas, and
the college became a vibrant multi-ethnic and
multi-cultural community, which actively supported the
independence movements in Africa, South Asia,and the Far
East.
In the mid 1980’s many major figures in the South West
African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) and the
African National Congress (ANC) came to live and
study at Fircroft, after being released from long
imprisonment on Robben Island. They returned to play key
roles in the newly independent nations of South Africa
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Joseph
Helao Shityuwete was arrested, detained and tortured
in Namibia by the South African Apartheid regime. He was
sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on Robben Island. On his
release in 1986, he came as a student to Fircroft and
wrote a book about his experiences. He returned to
Namibia at Independence and was a senior official in the
country’s first democratically elected government.
Read
more:
www.worldviews.igc.org/awpguide/strugone.html
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WAITS (Women Acting In
Today’s Society) began as a women-only project at Fircroft in
the 1990’s. WAITS has since developed into a highly
influential independent charity which focuses upon building
women’s leadership skills “so they are equipped with a sense of
their own power and ability to work for social change”.
Find out
more:
http://www.waitsaction.org/who_we_are.jsp
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WAITS
staff at a recent training event in the gardens at
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In the late 1990’s, following the
publication of the Social Exclusion Report, Fircroft led a major
Home Office initiative to develop Community Leadership skills in
South Asian communities, in rural areas, and among the homeless.
More recently Fircroft has pioneered a variety of courses for
mental health service users, and we are currently working with
Mencap to provide training skills courses for people with a
learning disability, so that they in turn can deliver Learning
Disability Awareness training to public and private-sector
organizations.
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“Over 350
members of staff, clients, and volunteers from Mencap
England, Mencap Cymru and Mencap Northern Ireland have
attended training skills courses at Fircroft college
since 2004.” |
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Fircroft celebrated its first
hundred years in 2009! But In the 21st century our mission
remains to “promote social justice through excellent adult
education and training”.
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How good
is the training?
The current Warwick Certificate and the previous NOCN
Certificate in Managing Diversity and Equality have been
running as the Making Diversity Work training programme for
almost eight years. The anonymous evaluations show a very high
level of satisfaction with both the quality of the course and
the quality of teaching. You can find out
who our clients are
and also read
what they
have said about the programme.
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Can you
guarantee the quality of the training?
Yes. If
you come on one of our Diversity courses and do not feel that
the quality of the training is good enough, then you can
de-register and get your money back. Simple as that!
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How is
the Certificate in Managing Diversity and Equality accredited?
The Level 4 Certificate in
Managing Diversity and Equality is accredited by the
University
of Warwick. Warwick is one of the UK’s leading
universities, with an international reputation for excellence in
research and teaching. This Certificate is the first, and
currently the only University accredited Level 4 qualification
in Managing Diversity and Equality in the UK.
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Who leads the
programme?
Programme Leader: Dr. Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor gained his doctorate at
Liverpool University in 1980, and is the author of a number of
books on racism, immigration, contemporary multi-ethnic Britain,
and Diversity and social policy. He has delivered Diversity and
Equality programmes in the UK, France, Germany and Southern
Africa. He co-wrote and delivered the first specialist degree in
Race and Ethnic Studies at Birmingham University, and was the
European Consultant to the Museum of Tolerance (Tolerancenter)
in Los Angeles.
He currently leads the Making
Diversity Work programme at Fircroft College, as well as the
National Training Skills programme for Mencap England and Mencap
Cymru. He has been a councillor in local government, and is
active in the voluntary and community sector.
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How much does
the Warwick Certificate in Managing Diversity and Equality cost?
Cost of Warwick Certificate in
Managing Diversity and Equality: £595 per module, or £1750
if you register to complete all three modules for the full
Certificate. The fee includes a 2 course lunch, and refreshments
on each training day. As we are an educational charity, VAT
is not payable on course fees. Any surplus from our training
programmes is ploughed back into the college’s work with
disadvantaged communities.
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How do I find out more? For further
details, contact Dr. Simon Taylor the Programme Leader.
Tel: 0121 472 0116
Email:
simon.taylor@fircroft.ac.uk
Or contact Yvonne Godwin
Tel: 0121 472 0116
Email:
yvonne.godwin@fircroft.ac.uk
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