Taking place on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 July, the Diversity and Equity in Education: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture virtual conference is open to both students and staff for free to consider and share discussions on race, ethnicity and culture.
The event is organised by the University’s Student Partnership for Education Reform group, in collaboration with the Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP), the School of Education, and the Widening Participation and Social Mobility Team.
The conference will feature a variety of panel discussions, talks, and keynote speeches from staff, students, members of the local community, and specialists in Equality, Diversity, and Ethical Education, focusing on the importance of diversity and equity in educational settings and, in particular, exploring the lived experiences of Black students and steps to anti-racism.
The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday 6 July
13:00-13:15 – Welcome Talk from Professor Deborah Gill, Vice-President of Education and Student Experience at the University of Southampton
13:30-14:00 – ‘The lived experiences of Black and Black-mixed students at prestigious Higher Education Institutions’ by Stephen Grant
14:00-14:30 – ‘The lived experiences of Black students in Higher Education Institutions’, Student Panel discussion featuring Stephen Grant, Osasere Osayimwen, and more
14:35-15:30 – ‘Putting the Black back into British History’ by Dr Angelina Osborne
16:00-16:55 – ‘We’re in this together: Explaining the benefits to the local and wider community of creating truly inclusive schools’ by Harry Kutty
17:00-17:45 – ‘Why is anti-racist practice important in the early years?’ by Liz Pemberton
17:50-18:30 – ‘Faith in Medical Education and Practice’, by Aiman Alzetani, Muhammad Shan Zaib Ilyas, Yasmin Sheikey, Muhsin Zaiq, Ruqayyah Karim and Professor Sally Curtis
Thursday 7 July
12:15-12:55 – ‘Ethnicity and race: Experiences of working and learning in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton’ by Samantha Mills, Dr Aude Campmas, Dr Gary Hickey, Dr Kathleen Kendall, Dr Alejandra Recio Saucedo, and Dr Lucy Green
13:00-13:30 – ‘Minding the Gap: An insight into student-led interventions for awarding gaps’ by Chido Chipato
13:35-14:30 – ‘The inclusive university: Why we need to reimagine curricula to make them more culturally sensitive’ by Dr Dave Thomas
14:35-15:30 – ‘Building reflection on everyday racialisation processes into a module’ by Dr Paul Bridgen, Professor Rosalind Edwards, Isabelle Asghar-Williams, Emily Lanham, Melissa Powell, and Dr Bindi Shah
16:00-16:55 – ‘Primary Schools and teacher positionality: towards a transformative praxis of anti-racism education’ by Niamh McGuirk
17:00-18:00 – ‘Justice, Diversity and Belonging: A Framework to Transform Higher Education’ by Dr Pathik Pathak
18:00-18:20 – Closing by Partnership for Educational Reform
You can register to take part in the conference on Eventbrite for free.
