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building in key competencies around design and facilitation of inclusive online
learning programmes.

The pandemic impacted both on the type of capacity building support

partner HEIs needed, as sta required immediate support in the pivot to fully
online, emergency remote teaching, and how capacity building activities occurred,

i.e. in the main they were delivered through online lecturers, symposia, and
workshops. The capacity building events held as part of the project covered a range

of useful topics, with the majority being categorised under three key headings:
online learning design, inclusive learning design, and supporting sta to ‘move

online’. Capacity-building events supported partner HEIs in successfully

completing their projects and so became part of the underpinning structures
facilitating equity, inclusion, and access in higher education.

The following subsections capture some of the key areas on which capacity

building focused. Reflecting the nature of the events, there is both a discussion of
key theory and examples of contextualised, institutional practice.

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