“I am the “Great” in Great Britain now, and aren’t you terrified” – Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan (@thebrownhijabi)
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Kent Student Awards 2019
Decolonising the Curriculum was awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity in the Kent Student Awards 2019. An award that celebrates groups that have been actively promoting equality, diversity and inclusivity through their projects.
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DecoloniseUKC in ‘Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Student Attainment at UK Universities: #ClosingTheGap’
“I would like to see more diversity in staff at the university. There is currently a barrier there, which more diverse staff would help overcome. it helps to see people you relate to.”
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Building the Anti-Racist Classroom at Kent – 23rd May, 2019
Staff and students from the University of Kent are invited to join this half day workshop on anti-racist practice and pedagogy in Higher Education. The workshop will be facilitated by Building the Anti-Racist Classroom (BARC)Collective, an international collective of women of colour academics, in collaboration with Decolonise UKC.
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Stripping the White Walls – Ep 4: What is white privilege? ft Elliott Denton and Esther McNamara
In this episode we discuss how prevalent white privilege is not only in the education system but in the world (with reference to Peggy McIntosh’s bag analogy and discussing the ‘2019 College admissions bribery scandal),why it’s so important for our white counterparts to be aware of such privilege and what it means to be a white ally.
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Stripping the White Walls – Ep 3: Decolonising Keynes with Special guest Anamika
This episode was based on a presentation by Anamika on the Keynes building at the University of Kent Canterbury campus, at the ‘Decolonise UKC’ conference (which might we just say was incredibly enlightening!!).
We decided to have an interview/discussion on what led her to embark on this among other things surrounding decolonising the curriculum. -
SPECIAL EPISODE: “Decolonising A Fool’s Utopia”
The episode was a joint one between ‘Fool’s Utopia’, the official podcast of Center for Critical International Law and Stripping the White Walls. We talk about what decolonising means to us personally, what it meant historically within the subject of international law and its history and the possible connection between ‘White guilt’ and ‘White saviour’ complex seen in these conversations about imperialism , colonialism and post colonialism which may end up repeating themselves time and again.
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DecoloniseUKC Manifesto
Students from the Decolonise the Curriculum project at the University of Kent conducted research (with the help of staff members Dr. Suhraiya Jivraj, Sheree Palmer and Dave Thomas) through engagement with the students from various schools around the campus to draft this manifesto. This manifesto voices the concerns of the students of colour / Black […]
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Pedagogy for ALL: #DecoloniseUKC
“It is unfortunate that even in 2019, BAME students still experience inequality in British universities. “
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Discussion Group – 23rd January, 2019
“Given the prominence of decolonisation as a framework in studentand teacher-led movements today, it is incumbent upon us to think more carefully about what this means – as both a theory, and a praxis. “
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DecoloniseUKC Manifesto
Students from the Decolonise the Curriculum project at the University of Kent conducted research (with the help of staff members Dr. Suhraiya Jivraj, Sheree Palmer and Dave Thomas) through engagement with the students from various schools around the campus to draft this manifesto. This manifesto voices the concerns of the students of colour / Black […]
DecoloniseUKC Conference Footage
“I am the “Great” in Great Britain now, and aren’t you terrified” – Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan (@thebrownhijabi)
Kent Student Awards 2019
Decolonising the Curriculum was awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity in the Kent Student Awards 2019. An award that celebrates groups that have been actively promoting equality, diversity and inclusivity through their projects.
DecoloniseUKC in ‘Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Student Attainment at UK Universities: #ClosingTheGap’
“I would like to see more diversity in staff at the university. There is currently a barrier there, which more diverse staff would help overcome. it helps to see people you relate to.”
Building the Anti-Racist Classroom at Kent – 23rd May, 2019
Staff and students from the University of Kent are invited to join this half day workshop on anti-racist practice and pedagogy in Higher Education. The workshop will be facilitated by Building the Anti-Racist Classroom (BARC)Collective, an international collective of women of colour academics, in collaboration with Decolonise UKC.
Stripping the White Walls – Ep 4: What is white privilege? ft Elliott Denton and Esther McNamara
In this episode we discuss how prevalent white privilege is not only in the education system but in the world (with reference to Peggy McIntosh’s bag analogy and discussing the ‘2019 College admissions bribery scandal),why it’s so important for our white counterparts to be aware of such privilege and what it means to be a white ally.
Stripping the White Walls – Ep 3: Decolonising Keynes with Special guest Anamika
This episode was based on a presentation by Anamika on the Keynes building at the University of Kent Canterbury campus, at the ‘Decolonise UKC’ conference (which might we just say was incredibly enlightening!!).
We decided to have an interview/discussion on what led her to embark on this among other things surrounding decolonising the curriculum.
SPECIAL EPISODE: “Decolonising A Fool’s Utopia”
The episode was a joint one between ‘Fool’s Utopia’, the official podcast of Center for Critical International Law and Stripping the White Walls. We talk about what decolonising means to us personally, what it meant historically within the subject of international law and its history and the possible connection between ‘White guilt’ and ‘White saviour’ complex seen in these conversations about imperialism , colonialism and post colonialism which may end up repeating themselves time and again.
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