These BUILD endorsed seminars have been curated to support and empower you on your global leadership journey.
BUILD endorsed seminars
NOTICE: All online seminars have been phased out as of 31 January 2024 and will only be accessible via the Beyond BUILD Careerhub page thereafter.
BUILD members are no longer able to claim BUILD elective points for this opportunity.
We thank you for your support and patience as we transition the program content to enhance your leadership journey with us.
This on-demand content covers themes to broaden your awareness and understanding as a global citizen and global leader. The offerings may include live or on-demand podcasts and webinars from a wide range of organisations to ensure you are exposed to a range of diverse perspectives.
Themes are aligned to BUILD values (login required) of Leadership, Empowerment, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Competency, Diversity and Inclusion and Social and Environmental Sustainability.
- Upcoming live seminars
- 1. Global Citizenship, Soft Power & Diplomacy
- 2. Intercultural Understanding, Diversity & Inclusion
- 3. Leadership and Empowerment
- 4. Social and Environmental Sustainability
After the experience, you must submit your UTS BUILD (Elective) – Endorsed Experiences Claim Form. You will earn 5 elective points per seminar.
Before you start:
- Read the UTS BUILD (Elective) – Endorsed Experiences Claim Form to give you an idea of the required reflection piece.
- Read Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) below for more details.
1. Global Citizenship, Soft Power & Diplomacy
Type | Seminar | Organisation |
Seminar | Intellectual Humility -The problem with "wokeness" by Ayishat Akanbi | Sydney Opera House - All About Women |
Webinar | Racial Equality in the Time of COVID (Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture) | Australian Human Rights Commission |
Podcast | The age of online outrage: Have we lost ability to tell the difference between genuine injustice and online feeding frenzies? | ABC Big Ideas |
Podcast | What will globalisation look like after COVID-19? | USSC US Studies Centre |
2. Intercultural Understanding, Diversity & Inclusion
Type | Seminar | Organisation |
Webinar | Embracing Cultural Diversity in Australia (Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture) | Australian Human Rights Commission |
Podcast | Growing up Asian in Australia: What are the stereotypes, myths and assumptions that Australian-Asians encounter? | ABC Big Ideas |
Webinar | Is Australia 'doing better' on systemic racism? | UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion |
Webinar | Reconciliation Week: More than 'Sorry' | UTS Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, the Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion, and the Faculty of Law |
Webinar | Refugee Week: Unity Moving Forward | Refugee Advice & Casework Service and the UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion |
Podcast | Still divided by race: Nikole Hannah-Jones & Megan Davis Award-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, Nikole Hannah-Jones and UNSW PVC Indigenous and Professor of Law Megan Davis discussing comparatives perspectives of civil rights, activism, race, segregation and protest in the United States and Australia. | UNSW Centre for Ideas |
Webinar | The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TEDGlobal | TEDx |
Webinar | What's So Different About Cultures Anyway?: Dato Gogichaishvili at TEDxTbilisi | TEDx |
Webinar | Why we need to embrace culture shock | Kristofer Gilmour | TEDxTownsville | TEDx |
3. Leadership and Empowerment
Type | Seminar | Organisation |
Webinar | Future Proofing Leadership (scroll down the linked webpage for this recording and slides) | Stephenson Mansell Group (SMG) The Art of Leadership |
Webinar | Millenials and Gen X, Mind the Gap! With Eadren Tan and Mick Spiers How to lead millennials with practical advice to millennials on the tricky transition into the workforce and how to transition into leadership roles. | The Leadership Project |
Webinar | Psychology of Leadership | The Myers-Briggs Company |
4. Social and Environmental Sustainability
Type | Seminar | Organisation |
Webinar | In conversation with Stanley Johnson In this UTS4Climate event conversation with Stanley Johnson, former Conservative Party member of the European Parliament, Bob Carr speaks with Stanley Johnson about his support for climate action and his environmental advocacy, focusing on the success and failures of COP26 and breakdown the expected priorities for COP27 in Cairo. | UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures |
Podcast | Multisolving for People and Planet - Elizabeth Sawin: scientist, systems thinker, multisolver Elizabeth Sawin is unlocking the power of multi-solving for people and planet. She developed the idea of ‘multisolving’ to help people see and create conditions for these win-win-win solutions. | Dumbo Feather |
Webinar | What creates peace is poorly understood but through this webinar, Steve Killelea AM, founder of both the Global Peace Index and the world-renowned think tank the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), will share his personal journey to measure and understand peace – a peace that positive, achievable and a tangible measure of human wellbeing and progress. | Affinity Intercultural Foundation |
Webinar | Radical Help for Radical Times with Hilary Cottam Hilary Cottam, acclaimed author and social entrepreneur, is helping people reimagine society after the pandemic. "Our current systems whether financial, social, political, ecological, are actually beyond reform and we are in a moment of paradigms change." | University of Sydney Policy Lab |
Webinar | The Value of Sustainability - by Marga Heok, author of The Trillion Dollar Shift | The Institute of Leadership and Management |
Webinar | The rights of future generations: Lessons from Wales In conversation with Sophie Howe, outgoing Welsh Future Generations Commissioner | Griffith University, Centre for Policy Development, UTS Law Health Justice, and UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion |
Disclaimer
Participation in these events is at your own discretion. BUILD aims to identify affordable, quality content so most sessions are free, however, you are responsible for any additional costs such as a printed completion certificate, if applicable. Please review terms and conditions on the event websites before submitting your registration. BUILD cannot be held responsible for your use of the information contained in, or linked from, this web page.