This webinar forms part of our VET Workforce Week hosted by Velg Training and MRWED.  

About this webinar

Creating a learning environment where everyone feels welcome and respected doesn’t just happen — it takes intent, reflection, and the right support. This 90-minute online session is designed for VET practitioners across all roles — whether you’re delivering training, supporting learners, managing teams, or leading an RTO.

We’ll take a practical look at what inclusion really means in everyday VET practice. That includes making spaces culturally safe for First Nations learners, as well as learners from migrant, refugee, faith-based and other culturally diverse backgrounds.

You’ll explore real-world examples, unpack common challenges, and reflect on how we can do better — not with more red tape, but with real actions that make a difference. Whether you work in the classroom, behind the scenes, or at a strategic level, this session will leave you with tools, insights, and ideas you can use straight away.

By the end of the session, you’ll be able to:

• Describe what an inclusive and culturally safe learning environment looks and feels like — in person or online.

• Recognise how bias and assumptions can show up in training delivery, policies, or learner interactions.

• Apply inclusive strategies that support a wide range of learners — especially First Nations students and others from diverse cultural backgrounds.

• Connect inclusion to your own role, whether you're teaching, coordinating, recruiting or managing.

• Take home practical tools, checklists, and ideas to share with your team or put into action yourself.

Key topics covered within webinar

What Inclusion Really Means in Practice

• Inclusion isn’t just a buzzword — it’s about how people feel when they walk through your doors (or into your online class)
• What makes a learning space feel welcoming, safe and respectful for everyone
• The difference between treating everyone the same and treating people equitably

Understanding Cultural Safety (and Why It’s Everyone’s Business)

• What cultural safety looks like for First Nations learners — and for learners from other culturally diverse backgrounds
• How culture, identity, and community shape a learner’s experience of training
• Making space for cultural obligations, protocols, and perspectives in a respectful way
• Spotting Unconscious Bias in Our Work

Spotting Unconscious Bias in Our Work

• What unconscious bias is, and how it can sneak into our assumptions, language, and systems
• Everyday examples from enrolment, classroom management, and assessment
• Strategies for catching bias early — and doing something about it

Building Inclusion into What You Already Do

• How to make training content, activities, and assessment more inclusive (without having to start from scratch)
• The role of admin, support staff and managers in creating safe learning spaces
• Using inclusive language, case studies and examples that reflect your learners

What to Do When Something Goes Wrong

• Responding to racism, exclusion, or discrimination when it shows up — in a way that’s respectful and effective
• Creating a culture where learners feel safe to speak up
• Having systems in place to prevent issues — and deal with them when they arise

Making It Stick: Inclusion as a Team Effort

• Getting buy-in from across your RTO — from enrolment through to leadership
• How self-reflection, team conversations and local community input can guide your practice
• Simple tools you can use to keep inclusion front and centre in your planning, delivery, and review processes

NB. Can't make the session?

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Date & Time

Tuesday 2nd December 2025
10:00am - 11:30am (AEST: QLD)

Other timezones:
11:00am - 12:30pm (AEDT: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS)
10:30am - 12:00pm (ACDT: SA)
9:30am - 10:30pm (ACST: NT)
8:00am - 9:30am (AWST: WA)

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