Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Safety
Overview
Diversity, inclusion, and cultural safety have moved from periphery to centre under the Standards for RTOs 2025, with explicit expectations on how RTOs create environments where all students can thrive. This briefing covers what the new expectations actually require: cultural safety planning, inclusive curriculum design, diversity in your trainer cohort, and the practices that build genuinely inclusive learning rather than tokenistic compliance.
What you will learn
- Why diversity, inclusion and cultural safety now sit at the centre of the Standards
- How to embed culturally safe practice into delivery and assessment
- Evidence the regulator expects beyond a policy on the wall
- How to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community appropriately
Who should attend
- Compliance Managers and Quality Coordinators
- Trainers, Assessors and Student Support staff
- RTO CEOs and Owners shaping culture
- Diversity, Inclusion and First Nations leads
Facilitator
Angela Connell-Richards
Angela Connell-Richards founded Vivacity Coaching & Consulting in 2009 and has spent more than 15 years helping RTOs turn the messy reality of compliance into systems that actually work. She facilitates four of the five Vivacity event series, holds a Master of Business, and is the author of The Governance Shift and 8 Critical Drivers to RTO Success. She does not facilitate from theory — every framework she shares has been used to solve a real problem for a real client.
View facilitator profile