ROCKET Admin Staff Training: Advancing DEI through Critical Virtual Exchange, Role-Playing Games, and Conflict Transformation

Are you an admin staff in a university? Do you want to learn more about effective ways to address conflict, including issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)? Are you interested in experiential learning methods for practicing socio-emotional skills? Consider joining one of our online trainings!

The Erasmus+ ROCKET project is holding an international online training in the fall connecting topics related to DEI to skill building in conflict transformation. This training will take place in a Critical Virtual Exchange (CVE): an innovative format that includes asynchronous discussions with video conferencing sessions.

This admin staff training will be open to members from the ENLIGHT network:

ROCKET Admin Staff Training

This training is intended for university employees who work with students, teachers, and other staff members in an administrative capacity. We are especially interested in employees in services related to human resources, accessibility, and student health, but anyone working for an ENLIGHT university is welcome. The training will be held in English.

In this training, you will learn to:

• Identify underlying positions, interests, feelings, and needs in conflict
• Practice different conflict styles through short role-playing scenarios
• Discuss intersectional factors related to DEI in the university context
• Map the support resources available at your institution

Time commitment:

• Date range: Oct. 13 – Nov. 21
• 10 hours total spread over 6 weeks
  • 4 asynchronous written discussions or journal entries
  • 4 synchronous video conferencing sessions on Zoom
    • Oct 14 (12-13), Oct 28 (13-15), Nov 11 (13-15), Nov 18 (13-14). All times in CEST.

This training is ideal if you want to learn the basics of conflict transformation and DEI while connecting with admin staff in other universities. You will receive a digital badge or a digital certificate from one of our universities for successful completion

If you are unable to attend one or more of the synchronous sessions, please sign up anyway and indicate those dates on the form.

• Registration deadline: September 29

Please register here:

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For questions about the training, please contact rocket@uni-goettingen.de.

ROCKET is an innovative project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships program with partners from Göttingen, Uppsala, and Groningen universities. The project develops a working concept for Critical Virtual Exchange which implements role-playing games for conflict transformation. These novel modes of online interaction can aid participants to take on new perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of issues relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).