DL918-Postgraduate Diploma in Business Equality, Diversity
+ Inclusion
Springboard+
Springboard+ is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Social Fund as part of the ESF programme for employability, inclusion and learning 2014-2020.
This course is no longer accepting applications for intake 2024/25.
Please register your interest in this course for September 2025 admissions here: Springboard+ Register Your Interest 2025
What will I do?
You will develop your core business knowledge, skills and competencies that are geared towards understanding and managing equality, diversity and inclusion issues.
Students will engage with contemporary debates and case studies from a variety of organisational contexts. The programme will test existing opinions and provide opportunity to view EDI related issues in complex business situations from a variety of perspectives. It will combine broad societal issues with business development and sustainability challenges. The programme is 100% project based.
What modules will I study?
| Year 1 Modules |
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EDI Policy Implementation and evaluation |
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Strategic HRM and EDI |
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Critical Theory and Identity |
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EDI Context |
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Legal Framework and EDI |
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EDI Management theory and leadership |
Future careers
Graduates of this program will be in a position to add value to a range of projects in dynamic environments in both the profit and not for profit sectors. Opportunities are opening up in the following:
Public sector organisations who are striving to offer leadership on the EDI agenda.
Not for profits working to promote EDI
SMEs who recognise there is a well-established business case for investing in equality and diversity.
Corporate organisations who promote equality and foster diversity
Graduates of the programme will be positioned with modern and innovative best practice concepts and in this way can provide a sustainable advantage to their organisations and employers.