The HE community aims for inclusivity but still faces issues in diversity and equality, such as underrepresentation in senior roles, harassment, and a degree awarding gap for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students in the UK.
Allyship is a key approach to combat these issues and bystander apathy towards them, by fostering support for marginalised groups, reducing discrimination, and strengthening community culture.
Addressing inequality requires active engagement at both individual and systemic levels, and while change will be gradual, everyone has a role in building a more inclusive and welcoming organisation and sector. This commitment led to the development of this course.
This e-Learning course aims to introduce participants to the practice of allyship, providing tips, tools and resources for recognising opportunities for allyship, as well as enacting allyship, at the individual, interpersonal, and organisational levels.
This course is available to purchase on an institutional licence, as well as for individuals.
Learning outcomes
- Gain a deeper understanding of allyship and various ways to engage with it.
- Become familiar with allyship practices and learn about common obstacles and pitfalls.
- Reflect on how to engage in allyship in your work and beyond.
Key course features
- Develop a community-wide understanding within higher education of what allyship is and what it means.
- Use a journal throughout the learning experience to support reflection.
- Access recordings of lived experiences shared by staff and students, bringing the subject matter to life.
- Explore a range of scholarly views from diverse perspectives, aligned with our commitment to academic freedom and fostering a culture of rigorous intellectual inquiry.
- Engage critically with the content presented.
- Access additional tips and resources to extend the learning beyond the course.
- Save progress and continue the learning journey at convenient times, allowing for flexible learning.
- The use of the widely adopted SCORM technology for delivery enables ease of integration in existing systems.
For Institutions
To find out the cost to implement this e-Learning course across your institution please complete the form below and one of our team will be in touch to discuss your institution's requirements. You can also request a demo to explore how our e-Learning courses work and how they can benefit your institution. It can be hosted on your existing VLE or LMS
You can purchase this course as part of a hosted package as it is developed to fit seamlessly into your institution's existing learning environment, with SCORM technology ensuring easy integration into existing systems.
For Individuals
If you are an individual who is interested in enrolling on this e-learning course please visit our e-learning platform.
This course is designed for accessibility on both computer and mobile devices, allowing you to learn at your own pace. Register now through the platform.
General FAQ – e-Learning
How is the content delivered?
Our e-Learning courses provide participants with a self-paced learning experience. Courses can be hosted on an institution's VLE/LMS or learning platform as a SCORM package. Alternatively, individuals can purchase and access the courses on our Digital Learn platform.
Please note: Introduction to Fellowship may be purchased individually or bulk access via our Digital Learn platform but is not available to purchase for institutions to host on their learning platform.
Can the e-Learning courses be customised?
There are plenty of opportunities to customise your version of our e-learning courses when integrating these into internal learning platforms. With an institutional license, your version of a course can be enhanced with supplementary materials, such as introductory videos and links to relevant policies, resources, and support services, all housed within your learning platform.
If the language used by institutions differs from that within the course, a terminology disclaimer can be added on the learning platform, which appears before participants begin the course.
Institutions may also create internal evaluations, assessments, or certificates of completion within the learning platform for participants who finish the course. We recommend that you contact your learning platform provider for more information on implementing these additional materials.
Please note that the courses themselves cannot be customised. Select courses also offer downloadable supporting documentation, enabling participants to reflect on their learning. Institutions can supplement these with their own documentation in their learning platform, outside of the course.
How is the e-Learning provided for institutional license purchases?
For institutional licenses, the course can be exported and hosted on an institution’s LMS/VLE or learning platform in the following formats:
- cmi5
- xAPI (Tin Can)
- SCORM 2004
- SCORM 1.2
- AICC
We highly recommend institutions test the course on their learning platform before distributing it to participants. Please note that we cannot provide technical assistance for implementing the training courses on an institution learning platform, such as remote access or testing.
If purchasing an institutional license, how long will it take to receive the course?
Once the contract is signed and export details have been provided for integrating to your internal learning platforms, the course will be delivered within 2-3 weeks, depending on workloads.
How often is course content reviewed and updated?
Advance HE is committed to supporting the sector through changing legislation and cultural issues. To ensure our e-learning courses have up-to-date content, our subject matter experts conduct reviews on an annual basis. For institutional licenses, in case of any changes mid-contract, we contact contract holders offering the latest version of the course, highlighting changes made. There will be no charge to upgrade to the updated version.
If purchasing an institutional license, does the license cover use for all staff at an institution (i.e. no limit of numbers)?
For institutional licenses, the course can be exported and hosted on an institution’s LMS/VLE or learning platform, allowing unlimited access for participants. However, please consult with your learning platform provider to check for any restrictions on the number of users.
Do participants receive a certificate of completion?
Institutions with an institutional license may develop their own certificates of completion for participants, provided their VLE/LMS or learning platform supports this feature.
Individuals purchasing the course on our Digital Learn platform will receive a certificate of completion upon successfully finishing the course and providing feedback.
How long do I get access to the course?
This varies from course to course. For individual purchase and institutional licences, please refer to the individual course pages on this website for more information on duration of access and license terms.
How do the e-Learning courses meet accessibility compliance?
Our e-learning courses are developed using Articulate Rise. Courses purchased for individual access are hosted on Digital Learn (Moodle).
For details about how our courses meet accessibility standards, please refer to our Accessibility Statement.
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