Santander Universities in partnership with The Open University, have created Union Black: Britain's Black cultures and steps to anti-racism a free online education programme, presented by experts, designed to start conversations around Black Cultures in the UK and explore anti-racism. The course is the first of its kind to be freely available and will be accessible to over 4 million students and staff at UK Universities until 2024.
The course explores Black cultures in Britain and provides learners with an understanding of Black British history, dispelling myths in order to inform, challenge and contribute to the anti-racism agenda. Hosted on FutureLearn, the short course is delivered through a mixture of online learning content, discussion forums, reading materials and interactive activities which can be completed in the learners’ own time and at their own pace.
New for 2022 is the addition of a one hour introductory version entitled 'Introducing Union Black’, designed to introduce learners to some of the concepts and learning experiences in the full Union Black course and help build confidence as a change agent for equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.
All learners will receive a certificate of achievement upon completion of Union Black which you can add to your CV or share. Individuals who complete the introductory course will receive a statement of participation.
For more information, and to start either course today please click here.