Race Update 9 – Mia Liyanage, ‘Miseducation: decolonising curricula, culture and pedagogy in UK universities’, HEPI Report (July 2020)

by shahmimaakhtar | 29 Jul 2020 | Race Update, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

Using testimony from sixteen interview respondents across academia, activism and policy, this HEPI Report addresses the common misconceptions about decolonisation and recommends a series of practical steps towards its implementation. It argues that decolonisation is...

Race Update 6 – ‘Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation’ Report by Runnymede, Ethnicity UK, Policy Press

by shahmimaakhtar | 23 Apr 2020 | Race Update

Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation is a partnership between Runnymede and the CoDE at the University of Manchester. It is edited by Bridget Byrne, Claire Alexander, Omar Khan, James Nazroo and William Shankley and includes fourteen academics...

Race Update 5 – Grade Predictions and Assessment during Covid-19

by shahmimaakhtar | 06 Apr 2020 | Race Update

Following the government decision to cancel summer examinations, this year’s GCSE and A-Level grades will be predicted by teachers and normalised by a nationally applied formula. This blog outlines the debates prompted by this decision which focus around fears of...

Race Update 2 – Higher Education Race Action Group

by shahmimaakhtar | 05 Feb 2020 | Race Update

This ‘Race Update’ introduces resources that have been circulated by the Higher Education Race Action Group (HERAG) and other bodies that could be used in a range of settings such as staff and student induction, training sessions delivered in schools or teaching....