Embracing Cultural Diversity for Success
- How does the lack of BAME characters and authors in children’s literature affect children?
- What can we do about it?
- What support can BAME writers access?
- What barriers still need to be removed?
The aim of this meeting will be to start the conversation, which was promised at the launch event in November, about what the definition of Decolonising DMU means and what, if anything, needs refining. You can access the definition here: https://decolonisingdmu.our.dmu.ac.uk/about/
The Decolonising DMU team is working on making DMU an Anti-racist university. Following on from our last unapologeticallyBAME event, this meeting is a great opportunity to meet the team, share your experiences of racism on campus to a people who have a mandate for change. Come along, meet the team and have your say. Bring questions and ideas!
These workshops aim to get you thinking about what Decolonising DMU means in your own working contexts. For examples, what could decolonising the curriculum mean to you? How can you make your learning and teaching more inclusive? You will have an opportunity to discuss the meaning of ‘decolonising’ as well as to consider practical examples …
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The aim of this meeting will be to outline the action plans for each of the Decolonising DMU work streams (Institutional, Staff, Student and Library) so that staff get a better sense of the work which is planned. Staff will be able to align themselves to one or more of the work streams and future …