On May 20, 2025 Daugavpils University will host an online workshop titled “Five under-represented groups in higher education”, which will take place within the framework of the OpenEU project. The aim of the workshop is to conduct an inclusive gender equality and equity, diversity, and inclusion needs assessment. It aims to ensure the voices, experiences, and strategies of local community organizations, and to initiate an open and ongoing dialogue on inclusive gender equality and equity, diversity, and inclusion at Daugavpils University.

The workshop will discuss and analyse five under-represented groups:

• Women in STEAM
• Migrants and refugees
• People with disabilities
• People from rural areas
• Seniors

Representatives from local organizations will help to explore and draw attention to the challenges or barriers that the above mentioned under-represented groups may face at institutional, cultural, and structural levels from admission to graduation at Daugavpils University.

The event will be organised as part of the OpenEU project initiatives and in alignment with the project’s main objectives: to create a student-centered, inclusive, digital, and environmentally friendly European open university.