Reimagining higher education: Journeys of decolonising conference 2024

Chair: Akile Ahmet – PC Lab 4 (423)

• The Journey to Decolonial Praxis in the Western University. Akile Ahmet, London School of Economics
• Decolonising Spanish Language Teaching in Higher Education in the UK. Reflection and Activities from a Community of Practice. Macarena Jiménez-Naranjo, University College London, Teresa García (King’s College London), Lourdes Hernández-Martín (London School of Economics)
• Decolonising EDiB. Adriana Salazar Méndez, The Reverse Mentoring Practice
• Colonial Echoes: Educational Disparities in Jamaica and the Persistent Legacy. Nysha Chantel Givans, University of Wolverhampton
• Redefining "those who are not" (academics) in Polish higher education. A Legislative and Cultural Challenge. Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Chair: Nikki Woods – A5.04

• You do not understand it until you have experienced it: sharing the reality of racism with undergraduate students through co-creating pedagogical knowledge from real lived experiences. Nikki Woods, University of Winchester
• Students shaping research on EDI: Participatory research approach to examining experiences of Black Minority Ethnic social care students in Ireland. Margaret Fingleton, TU Dublin
• Partnership working with students to develop an inclusive culture; a journey of decolonising. Pradeep Passi, University of Salford Students’ Union, University of Salford
• Voicing the Impact of the Current Student Loans Regime on Muslim Student Engagement and Retention in Higher Education. Richard Hall, Yusraa Maryam and Sumeya Loonat, De Montfort University
• Decolonising and depathologising belonging in higher education: a necessarily relational account. Priscila Riffo-Salgado and Ben Whitburn, University of Leeds and University of Southampton

Chair: Julie Hulme – C3.13

• Turbulence ahead: Developing staff to decolonise a university department. Julie Hulme, Nottingham Trent University
• An institutional decolonising pilot: reflections on the journey. Sami Safadi, University of Salford
• Decolonising 101: A Practical Toolkit to Globalised Education. Reece Sohdi, University of Sunderland
• Practical Applications and Innovations in the Classroom. Sumeyra Yalcintas, King’s College London
• Decolonizing global higher education: Using UK higher education teaching and learning as a tool for knowledge exchange in the Caribbean. Melanie-Marie Haywood, LeRoy Hill, Birmingham City University

Chair: Eddy Davelaar – 675

• Increased working memory load permits stereotypical perception. Eddy Davelaar, Birkbeck, University of London
• Marginalised Voices in Psychology, or: How long it takes. Maxi Heitmeyer, Dimitris Thomopoulos, Miriam Tresh, London School of Economics and Political Science / University of the Arts London
• Decolonising by addressing universities’ complicities with oppressive institutions: The case for Cops Off Campus and Demilitarise Education campaigns. Penny H.C. Dinh, Cardiff University
• 'To hope is to struggle’: perceptions of hope in the racialised collectivity of the academy. Manny Madriaga, University of Nottingham

Chair: Geetha Reddy – Elvin Hall

• Unraveling coloniality in psychological research. Geetha Reddy, Open University
• Thinking differently requires different thinking. Reflections on a multidisciplinary decolonising project in academia and museum education. Susan Davis and Chantelle Haughton, National Museum for Wales, Cardiff Metropolitan University
• The challenges and possibilities of decolonising research: Insights from the "Cultures of Decolonisation at UCL" research report. Simon Eten, Douglas Bourn, UCL Grand Challenges Cultural Understanding Working Group, IOE/UCL

Chair: Juhayna Taha – 780

• Imagining decolonial futures in geography: utilising ambitious theoretical frameworks for global solidarity. Charlotte Milner, UCL
• Decolonizing the curriculum: epistemic justice. Ruth Heilbronn, UCL Institute of Education
• Peace-Building through the lens of AI: Lessons from Ukraine. Natalia Shumeiko, University of Economics in Bratislava

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Chair: Liz Halstead – C3.15

• Using Our Stories for Culture Change. Jane Picciano, Founding members of the Anti-Racism Community of Practice, King’s College London, Libraries & Collections Anti-Racism Community of Practice (ARCoP)
• UCL Staff for BDS: a decolonising praxis. Reem Ben Giaber, Laila Kadiwal, Jessica Brook, Esme Garlake and William Booth, IOE, UCL
• Decolonising arts education: prescribing decolonisation from within? Victoria Odeniyi & Nina Trivedi, University of the Arts London
• Where margin meets the centre: Decolonising curriculum initiative at University of Galway, Ireland. Tanja Kovacic, University of Galway

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Chair: Leda Kamenopoulou – Drama Studio (Punnet Hall)

• Say My Name: Decolonising Data Systems for Linkage Bias Reduction - a case study. Joseph Lam, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, UCL
• Knowledge Democracy for Higher Education: Confronting City Archives and the Decolonization of Libraries. Gözde Yılmaz Çıldır, Ege University, Educational Administration Department
• Challenges in qualitative research on LGBT+ inclusivity of secondary schools– a systematic literature review. Ana Širanović, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Republic of Croatia 
• Challenges in quantitative research on LGBT+ inclusivity of secondary schools– a systematic literature review. Goran Livazović, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek, Republic of Croatia

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Chair: Mário Bevilaqua – PC Lab 4 (423)

• Decolonisation of the Neuroscience Curriculum: Creating Inclusive and Diverse Educational Frameworks. Mário Bevilaqua, King's College London
• Perspectives on embedding inclusive pedagogy within a BSc psychology curriculum. Salim Hashmi, Francesca A. Cotier, Fiona Essig, Daniel Kennedy-Higgins, Julia Ouzia, Oliver R. Runswick, Rebecca Upsher, James L. Findon, King's College London
• Decolonising the molecular biosciences. Shaun Bremner-Hart, Eidan Moore and Nicole Miheso, University of Glasgow
• Decolonisation of the Psychology curriculum: A Narrative Review of Reflective Praxes in South Africa since 2015. Lynette Thompson, Northeastern University London
• Towards diversifying and decolonising the curriculum in the Department of Psychology and Human Development (PHD). Nina Polytimou, Harriet Israel, Zoë Gallant, Matt Somerville, Jade Okeke (IOE/UCL) & Maxi Heitmeyer (LSE/UAL)

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Chair: Joanna Kolak – C3.15

• Enhancing ethnic and racial representation in performing arts curricula. Janet Ramdeo, University of Surrey
• Recognising the Need for Postcolonial Theory in Undergraduate Curricula: Can Egyptology be Decolonised? Charlie Finn Burnell Oubridge, SOAS, University of London
• Decolonizing Social Belongingness: Measurement and Implications for Young Adults in Collectivist Cultures. Aneeza Pervez, University of Nottingham
• Global student perspectives on curriculum decolonisation: Identifying actionable steps for decolonising psychology and neuroscience education. Gisele Dias, Brenda Williams, IOE/UCL/KCL
• Planting seeds of decolonial co-creation with PGR students at NTU. Melanie Welaratne, Nottingham Trent University

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Chair: Andy Holliman – Drama Studio (Punnet Hall)

• The Impact of Education Trajectory, Epistemological Beliefs, and Cultural Beliefs on Critical Thinking Disposition. Leila (Yukou) Lai, Andy Holliman, UCL/Cambridge
• Fuelling Educational Dreams: Understanding the Significance of Student Associations representing Ethnic and Tribal Minorities from Northeast India and its implications on Higher Education in India. Anisha Debbarman, University of Sussex
• Reimagining the Business School: the decolonising journey at Birmingham Business School. Caroline Chapain, Anita Lateano, Rweyemamu Ndibalema, Kerry Reidy and Emma Surman, Business School, University of Birmingham
• Enabling cultural change: embedding decolonising into the academic library. A look at four streams of Library action, experience and development with Decolonising DMU. Kaye Towlson, DeMontfort University
• Developing a Decolonising and Reflexive Criminology. Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal, Brunel University London/ Dr Rowan Sweeney & Dr Omar El Masri, University of Gloucestershire
• Understanding relationships in and for social justice: a university-wide survey on decolonising the curriculum. Jennifer Fraser, Kyra Araneta, Kelsea Costin, Fatima Maatwk, Ozge Suvari, Esra Tahir, University of Westminster

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Chair: Reem Ben Giaber – 728

• Implementation of a data-driven decolonization initiative. Mark Skopec, Matthew Harris, Ruth Harrison, Mark Anderson, Coco Nijhoff, Yusuf Ozkan, Simon Mackenzie, Gemma Seabrook, Imperial College London
• Decoding the Decolonising: Practical Steps for Institutional Change. James Beardsmore, LSHTM Decolonising Working Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• ‘It’s all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity, neurotic academia and decolonising in UK Higher Education. Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore & Lauren-Marie Aba Amoah, University of Kent
• Transformational Leadership: A Guide for Millennial Leaders in Dealing with Challenges at Macro Level. Afiya Mohammed
• We cannot decolonize in the home of the empire. Paula Ambrossi, DLL/UCL
• Decolonising Higher Education at London Anarchist Bookfair. Jim Clack, University of Bedfordshire

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Chair: Asha Akram – 675

• Where do I fit? The importance of inclusion and belonging. Asha Akram, University of Sheffield
• Decolonising Research Ethics & Reflexivity with Postgraduate Researchers. Katie Kilian, Angelique Mulholland, Christine Callender, Amanda McCrory, UCL Institute of Education, University College London
• Reviewing the curriculum for inclusion with student partners: a case study. Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Katja Brodmann, Rebecca Walangitang, Folajimi Olanrewaju, Annie Sherred, Hanna Gawron, Alysha Lal Shewandas, Divine Offomah, Mariyah Islam, King’s College London
• Age, education and community: How mature students identify on a postgraduate course. Nicole Capon, King’s College London
• Learning (each) other: Decolonial feminist reconstitutions. Agustina Solera, Lisa Marlen Gronemeier, Rosalba Icaza, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Chair: Laila Kadiwal – Elvin Hall

• Decolonising Doctoral Supervision and Research at UCL: Insights and Strategies from the Grand Challenges Special Initiative funded project. Laila Kadiwal, Emma Jones, Leda Kamenopoulou, Sadaf Yasir, UCL /IOE
• Patchwork won’t Work: Addressing Coloniality and Inequity in International Social Psychology. Fouad Bou Zeineddine, University of Greenwich, Rim Saab (University of Sussex), Anna Kende (Eotvos Lorand University), Barbara Lãsticová (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Arin Ayanian (University of Yerevan)
• A practical guide to positionality and its role within decolonial research. Lucy Ansley, Paris Connolly, De Montfort University
• The biggest hidden barrier to decolonising curriculum: militarisation of universities. Iman Hadya Niazi Khan, Loughborough University London
• Secular erasure: Discrimination against other-than-secular ontologies and implications for the decolonial project. Anneke Newman, University of Ghent
• Reimagining Research Methods Curriculum in Education Otherwise: A Decolonial Turn. Riadh Ghemmour, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

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Chair: Brenda Williams – A5.04

• Decolonising Assessment: a pathway to a more equitable educational experience. Brenda Williams, King's College London
• Decolonising Assessment to Address Student Concerns in Alienation and Academic Identity. Alison Cornforth, Students on Academic Skills cohort, Northumbria University
• United in Diversity: Decolonising the Curriculum of Neuroscience and Psychology for Black and Chinese Students. Beth Atkins and Appey Ogenyi, Brenda Williams, Gisele Dias, King’s College London/ UEL/ UCL
• Discussing Decolonisation at York St John University: What We Have Learnt So Far. Laura Key, York St John University
• Teaching as resistance: towards an abolitionist and decolonial praxis in university education. Leila Mouhib, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) + Université de Mons (Belgium)
• Developing an inclusive workplace culture – a transdisciplinary approach. Bhavin Dedhia, Lena Grinstead & Jodi Burkett, University of Portsmouth

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Chair: Radhika Kandaswamy – W2.06

• Decolonising a Western-based wellbeing programme by exploring the enablers and barriers to mental health-promoting behaviours in ethnically minoritised students. Radhika Kandaswamy, King’s College London
• Self-care is an act of political warfare’ especially in Academia. Naomi L.A Smith, University of West London
• ‘Speaking Texts’: The Power of Stories to enhance our students’ sense of belonging in HE and Beyond’. Karen Lipsedge, Kingston University
• Wellbeing Interventions: A Synthesised Meta-Model Framework for Early Career Teachers’ Satisfaction and Happiness. Eqlima Ali Dinar, Mohamed Alhosani, United Arab Emirates University
• Evaluating a Coaching Psychology Programme for Postgraduate Research Students Who Are Also Mothers in Brazil: Integrating Decolonising Perspectives. Filipe Lopes, Gisele Dias, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)/ UCL
• Pilot-designing a decolonised capacity-building programme for junior and mid-career researchers in Sri Lanka. Maria-Christina Vourda, Patricia Zunszain, Gisele Dias, King’s College London/ UCL, Irushi Ediriweera, Institute for Research & Development in Health and Social Care, Colombo, Sri Lanka (IRD)

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