12/10/2026
Diverse Leaders Programme is a 2-day workshop designed specifically for Students and Staff from Black, Asian, and Mixed Heritage backgrounds* at GCU.
📍Wednesday 21st - Thursday 22nd October 2026
⏰10am - 4pm
Please note: to participate, you must be available for the full duration of both days - please speak to your lecturers if you have any taught sessions that clash with this.
This programme is delivered by Grit: breakthrough programmes, in partnership with GCU Careers Service.
Details:
Grit’s starting point with each individual is your strengths and talents, your passions and interests, your ‘assets’. We focus on what it takes for each individual to achieve and thrive, and to become the best they possibly can. We break the cycles of ‘deficit’ thinking, the assumptions that there is something wrong, the focus on what is lacking or missing, the reasons ‘why not’.
The workshop is an opportunity for you to:
- Explore and celebrate your identity, talents and strengths
- Increase levels of confidence and equip you with leadership and advocacy skills
- Amplify feelings of belonging and connection
- Build supportive mechanisms which can be sustained during and beyond your university experience
This is a real opportunity for you to connect with others, in a safe space, to discuss your university experience and to harness your collective energy to navigate and create success during your studies and beyond.
Please complete the registration form to confirm your place on CareerHub https://careerhub.gcu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1138822
*When we say Black, we are talking about those whose racial and ethnic identity is of African and/or Caribbean descent, including people of Black mixed heritage. When we say Asian, we are talking about those whose racial and ethnic identity is of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese and any other Asian descent, including people of Asian mixed heritage
