On the 24th of November, University English partners, Decolonising the Discipline will be running the following event:
To find out more and get tickets go to: Decolonising Initiatives in Schools Tickets, Tuesday 24 November • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM GMT | Eventbrite
Geraldine Onek [schoolteacher and founder of Lancaster Black History Group] and Dr Caroline Herbert [Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and leader of the Decolonising English project] join us to share their experiences of working with primary and secondary schools in their local areas. Each speaker will present for 10 minutes on their respective projects before opening up the floor to questions from panel chair Dr Sarah Ilott [Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University] and the online audience.
In this webinar you will learn about:
- How Universities, schools and community groups can work together on decolonising projects
- How decolonising curricula can feed into CPD
- The impacts of existing interventions
After the webinar, you’ll receive the recording of the webinar; a list of suggested further reading; and a series of reflection questions/writing prompts to support you in linking the content of the webinar back in to your practice.
