In partnership with Liverpool City Region Race Equality Hub, The Open University Business School’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership is offering aspiring leaders from Black and Ethnic backgrounds an opportunity to participate in a facilitated leadership development programme.
The programme involves individual online engagements with two bespoke leadership programmes – Introducing Black Leadership and Advancing Black Leadership lasting 8 weeks each and on average a 3-hour commitment per week, regular online catch up with the peers and The Open University Team and a number of in-person peer learning sessions, including motivational speeches and ad-hoc mentoring sessions.
With its social mission, The Open University is open to people, places, methods and ideas. This means that there is no strict criteria for admission. The programme is limited to 40 people and to assist the team with selection, we are looking for a motivation statement of people interested in joining the programme. The statement should be no more than 500 words. It should explain what your involvement would mean to you personally, or your work, or your community. We may share anonymised quotes in our reports, in the publicity and in the promotion of the programme to other cohorts. The statements will also help us in evaluating the programme.
If you are interested in the programme contact RaceEqualityHub@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk to receive an application form.
Note that the application process closes on 6 May 2025 at 23:50, the successful applicants will be informed no later than 9 May 2025 at 16:59 and successful candidates will be meeting The Open University Team on 15 May 2025 (10:00 – 13:00).