4B024E - Inclusive Facilitation 01 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2032 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: 4B024E
Module Title: Inclusive Facilitation
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Psychology and Therapeutic Interventions
Faculty Sub Group: Therapeutic Studies
Module Leader: Emily Bull
Module Team: Heloise Godfrey-Talbot, Becky Davies
First Intended Intake: SEP 2026 Final Year of Intake: 2031
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 30 Credit Level: 4
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100476 - health and social care 100493 - applied psychology 101361 - creative arts and design
HECOS Code Weighting: 30 30 40

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2026
Valid To 31 Aug 2032

Module Aims

The main aims of the module are: 

  • To introduce students to inclusive, ethical, and person-centred facilitation practices, supporting the development of values-led approaches that reflect empathy, compassion, and care in diverse workshop contexts. 

  • To equip students with foundational skills and knowledge for planning and delivering safe, accessible creative sessions, enhancing their confidence in academic, applied, and work-based learning environments. 

  • To support students in exploring their emerging artistic identity as facilitators, encouraging the integration of creative skills with inclusive principles to respond meaningfully to the needs of individuals and communities. 

Content Summary

Inclusive Facilitation introduces you to the principles and practices of safe, accessible, and inclusive facilitation within creative workshop settings. Through experiential learning, you will explore how to create welcoming environments that support diverse needs, identities, and abilities. As with your previous module, your learning will be informed and inspired by observations of real-world creative facilitation and communication with participants.  

The module encourages critical reflection on power dynamics, communication styles, and ethical considerations in group work, with a focus on trauma-informed and person-centred approaches. This alongside your practical experiences will now enable you to begin to develop your own facilitation style, informed by creative methods and inclusive values. This module lays a foundation for your future practice by equipping you with essential skills in planning, adapting, and delivering creative sessions that foster participation and wellbeing. 

As part of the wider Creative and Therapeutic Arts programme, Inclusive Facilitation supports you in becoming thoughtful, responsive practitioners who can work effectively in community, educational, and therapeutic contexts. 

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Guided Study 10.5
Independent self-directed learning 173.5
Scheduled Learning and Teaching 56
Summative Assessment and preparation 60
Total Hours Selected 116

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Explore how inclusive facilitation principles and interpersonal awareness informs the design of creative sessions for diverse participants, using generative AI to develop and refine session aims and outcomes.
LO2 Demonstrate introductory facilitation skills to deliver safe and inclusive creative experiences that respond to the needs of diverse participants, with emerging awareness of ethical and professional responsibility.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Student Choice 1 Portfolio = 2000 words or Presentation = 11 minutes . This module offers students a choice between submitting a 2000-word portfolio or an 11-minute digital presentation with both assessment choices to include a written annotated bibliography. 11 2000 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Student Choice 1

Reading List

British Council (2021) Reflecting On Change [Online]. Available at New report explores how disability arts projects can create change - Theatre and Dance (britishcouncil.org) (Accessed: 20 June 2024) 

British Council (2021) Time To Act [Online]. Available at Time to Act: How lack of knowledge in the cultural sector creates barriers for disabled artists and audiences - Disability Arts International (Accessed: 20 June 2024) 

ArtWorks Cyrmu (2015-Present) Quality Principles [Online]. Available at https://artworks.cymru/quality-principles (Accessed: 1 July 2021). 

Barton-Farcas, S. (2018) Disability and Theatre: A Practical Manual for Inclusion in the Arts. New York, London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 

Arts Access Victoria (2017) Art for Everyone: An Inclusive Practice Guide [Online]. Available at Art for Everyone: an inclusive practice guide | Arts Access Victoria. Accessed: 20 June 2024) 

 Cooley, J. and Fox, A. M. (2014) ‘Disability Art, Aesthetics, and Access: Creating Exhibitions in a Liberal Arts Setting’, Disability Studies Quarterly, 34(1). 

Fox, A. and MacPherson, H. (2015) Inclusive Arts Practice and Research: A Critical Manifesto. Oxon and New York: Routledge. 

Goodley, D. (2002) Disability Arts Against Exclusion: People with Learning Difficulties and their Performing Arts. Kidderminster: BILD. 

Higgs, J. and Titchen, A. (2001) Professional Practice in Health, Education and the Creative Arts. Oxford: Blackwell Science 

Kuppers, P. (2017) Theatre & Disability. London: Palgrave Macmillan 

Oliver, M. (2013) The Social Model of Disability: thirty years on Taylor & Francis Group: Oxford 

Lindon, J. (2012) Reflective Practice and Early Years Professionalism (2nd Edn). Didcot: Hodder Education.  

Luca, M. (2004) The Therapeutic Frame in the Clinical Context: Integrative Perspectives. London: Routledge. 

Tarrant, P. (2013) Reflective Practice and Professional Development. London: Sage  

Warren, B. (2008) Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare: A Practical Introduction. London: Routledge 

Wexler, A. (2011) Art and Disability: The Social and Political Struggles Facing Education. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 

Wexler, A. and Derby, J. (2015), ‘Art in Institutions: The Emergence of (Disabled) Outsides’, Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research, 56(2), p. 127 – 141.