Diversifying and Decolonising the University

In this episode, Catarina Carvalho talks to Ric Crossman about decolonising mathematics. They discuss mathematics, the awarding gap, statistics, assessment and much more.   EPISODE NOTES: Ric Crossman is an Associate Professor (Education Track) in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Durham. When not working on decolonisation, he's most likely teaching statistics. Decolonising maths at Durham Article 1 and article 2 from Nature magazine Wendy Castillo and Kamden K. Strunk, How to QuantCrit: Applying Critical Race Theory to Quantitative Data in Education * Please leave us feedback about the show via this link. Visit our website for more resources and follow us on BlueSky!  Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Produced by Chris Lloyd, Catarina Carvalho, and Sara de Sousa.  Music by Rayen © Hear more via Spotify or Instagram.  Edited by Allysa Versoza and Chris Lloyd. This show is in part made possible by an Impact Accelerator Award from the University of Hertfordshire and the Economic and Social Research Council.

In this episode,  EPISODE NOTES: Katie Heffron is a part-time Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) at the University of York's Department for Education, investigating how university staff build their capability to contribute to decolonising knowledge efforts. Her research focuses on facilitating dialogue with staff to explore colonial legacies within institutional structures and how these shape everyday practices. Separate to her PhD, Katie works part-time as a Capacity and Policy Engagement Manager for York’s Policy Engine. Katie's webpage: Research: Confronting Coloniality * Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Produced by Chris Lloyd, Catarina Carvalho, and Sara de Sousa. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Allysa Versoza and Chris Lloyd. This show is in part made possible by an Impact Accelerator Award from the University of Hertfordshire and the Economic and Social Research Council.

In this episode, Catarina Carvalho talks to Professors Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry about their book Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back. EPISODE NOTES: Aníbal Quijano (Foundational Essays on the Coloniality of Power) Primitive Accumulation of capital  Tierra Común Professor Ulises A. Mejias is a critical media theorist, recipient of the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, and a Fulbright Specialist from 2021 to 2025. Professor Nick Couldry  is a sociologist of media and culture at the London School of Economics and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. * Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Produced by Chris Lloyd, Catarina Carvalho, and Sara de Sousa. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Allysa Versoza and Chris Lloyd.

In this episode, Chris Lloyd talks to Kit Heyam, Jonathan Ward, Rebecca Jane Morgan, and Eva Cheuk-Lin Yi about the new open access book ⁠⁠New and Decolonial Approaches to Gender Nonconformity: Forging A Home For Ourselves (Bloomsbury, 2025). Kit and Jonathan have co-edited the volume, and Rebecca and Eva have chapters within it. We talked about decolonisation and anticolonialism, trans history, gender nonconformity across time and place, cis scholarship, and embodiment (among much else).   EPISODE NOTES:  Heyam, K. (2022.) Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender. Liu, W. & Li, E.C.Y. (2025). The geopolitics of queer archives: Contested Chineseness and queer Sinophone affiliations between Hong Kong and Taiwan. Sexualities, 28(3), 1118–1138.  Li, E.C.Y. (2023, April 4). Hong Kongers’ mourning for Elizabeth II: Colonial nostalgia and the (impossible) project of decolonisation. The Sociological Review Magazine.  Morgan, R.J. (2023). Gender Heretics: Evangelicals, Feminists, adn the Alliance Against Trans Liberation. Kit Heyam (they/he) is a writer, a heritage practitioner and a trans awareness trainer specializing in higher education. They are the author of The Reputation of Edward II, 1305–1697: A Literary Transformation of History (2020) and Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (2022), which was a nominee for the Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Nonfiction and a History Today book of the year. They are also the co-author, with James Daybell, of Gendering the Museum: A Toolkit (https://genderingthemuseum.co.uk). Jonathan Ward (he/him) is Lecturer in Race and Diversity Studies at King’s College London. His research is generally interested in somatic disciplinarity and representations of the body in visual, literary and popular culture. He is currently working on a monograph entitled ‘What Is It?’: Examining the Construction of the Black Male Body as Threat in American Popular Culture. His recent work examines ‘misremembrance’ of racialized histories and coloniality in popular culture, the figure of the ‘White Saviour’ in US popular film, the representation of Meghan Markle on Instagram and the relationship of colonialism to Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. He is the founder of The Abolitionist Curriculum. Eva Cheuk-Yin Li is a media and cultural studies scholar with an interdisciplinary background in Sociology, Gender Studies, and Media Studies. Her research explores gender nonconformity, queer media and fandom in East and Southeast Asia, and diaspora media and geopolitics. She is currently based at Lancaster University and will be joining King’s College London in early 2026. Her monograph The Middle Gender: Strategic Resistance against Gender Binary in Sinophone Asia is forthcoming in 2027 (Amsterdam University Press/Routledge). Rebecca Jane Morgan is an historian specializing in trans identities, evangelical politics and maritime heritage in the UK, as well as religion in postcolonial Greenland. She is the author of Gender Heretics: Evangelicals Feminists, and the Alliance against Trans Liberation (2023), a book calling for greater trans acceptance in the evangelical Christian community of which she is a part. Rebecca grew up in and around Gwent in South Wales. She currently lives in Nottingham. * Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Produced by Chris Lloyd, Catarina Carvalho, and Sara de Sousa. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by ⁠Allysa Versoza⁠. Additional editing by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode ⁠Pilar Villanueva-Martínez speaks to Mónica Moreno Figueroa about her work on decolonisation, antiracism, and much else. Pilar is a Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Hertfordshire.   EPISODE NOTES:  Mónica G. Moreno Figueroa is a Black-mestiza, Mexican-British, woman, Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. She is also a Fellow in Social Sciences at Downing College, Cambridge. Her research focusses on the intersectional lived experience of ‘race’ and racism in Mexico and Latin America; antiracism and academic-based impact; feminist theory, intersectionality and racism. She is an expert in qualitative research methods, visual methodologies and thrives in interdisciplinary collaborations. She is now learning all about design thinking for social transformation. Mónica is currently leading the development of the Global Racisms Institute for Social Transformation (GRIST), established with seed funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Produced by Chris Lloyd, Catarina Carvalho, and Sara de Sousa. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode Chris Lloyd talks to AJ Singh about decolonising our mindbodies, rooting our terms in specific material histories, the entanglement of colonialism, ableism, anti-blackness and so much more.   EPISODE NOTES:  AJ Singh (they/he) is South Asian and English, Autistic/ADHD and Transmasc. They are a Neuroscientist, Decolonial Practitioner, Keynote Speaker, Coach, Trainer, Writer and Neuro Embodied Yoga teacher. His work focuses on depathologising our relationships with ourselves, decolonising the way we live and dismantling systems of harm.  You can find more of AJ's work at their website; on Instagram; on LinkedIn; and Beehiv. Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Produced by Chris Lloyd, Catarina Carvalho, and Sara de Sousa. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode Sara de Sousa talk to Tsitsi Marima and Melissa Cummings about decolonial and diversifying approaches to teaching tourism, events, and hospitality. They discuss their curriculum and teaching changes within the business school at Hertfordshire.   EPISODE NOTES:  Tsitsi Marima is a Senior Lecturer for International Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management. Her research interests are teaching and learning in hospitality, sustainability and technology in hospitality. Current research focuses on consumer responsibilities on food waste. Melissa Cummings is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism. Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode Catarina Carvalho and Sara de Sousa talk to Leon Moosavi about decoloniality, international students, and what he terms the ‘decolonial bandwagon’.   EPISODE NOTES:  ‘The Decolonial Bandwagon and the Dangers of Intellectual Decolonisation’ ‘The Myth of Academic Tolerance: The Stigmatisation of East Asian Students in Western Higher Education’ The Decolonial Critique network   Dr Leon Moosavi is a sociologist of race and religion. He’s a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool. Leon’s research interests fall within three interrelated areas: racism, Orientalism, whiteness, and white privilege; British Muslim converts and Islamophobia; and epistemic decolonisation, decolonising the curriculum, decolonising criminology, the limitations of decolonising projects, and how these initiatives are portrayed in public discourse. Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode Peter D’Sena talks to Kai Fernandes about his walking tours of Porto, Portugal; race and tourism; and the interpersonal dimensions of his work. EPISODE NOTES: Born and raised in Porto, Kai Fernandes is the son of white parents and a sister of black women. He has a degree in Social Psychology and studies and thinking about social issues related to racism are his greatest passion. He created @quotidianodeumanegra, an Instagram page where he expresses his concerns. He uses ecotourism as a way to raise anti-racist awareness in society. A fan of Legos, books and friendships, he lives for honesty and knowledge. Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode ⁠Hanh Doan talks to some of her PGCE music students (now qualified teachers) about diversifying and decolonising the music curriculum. The students are Olivia Celoleskaj, Lewis White and David Woods. The dialogue is interspersed with Hanh reading Nathan Holder’s poem ‘If I Were a Racist'. FURTHER RESOURCES: Nathan Holder’s ⁠If I Were a Racist⁠ EPISODE NOTES: Hanh Doan is  a Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education and has been PGCE Music lead since September 2023, as well as being  a Senior Academic Skills Tutor at the University of Hertfordshire. Before coming to the University of Hertfordshire, Hanh was a secondary school music teacher for 19 years. In this time, decolonising the music curriculum became an emerging interest, but Hanh is clear about being at the start of a personal and professional journey. She sees her role with trainee teachers to expose them to ideas and philosophies within and outside music education. Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode (the second of two parts), ⁠⁠⁠Catarina Carvalho⁠⁠⁠ talks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dan McQuillan⁠ about all things artificial intelligence. Please go back and listen to part 1 if you haven't already, as the conversation picks up from there! FURTHER RESOURCES: ⁠- Dan's book, Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence⁠. - ⁠Dan's website⁠. EPISODE NOTES: Dr Dan McQuillan is a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing at Goldsmiths University of London, and co-lead for AI in the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. He is  author of  the book Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence. Please ⁠⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠BlueSky⁠! Email us with thoughts and feedback: ddtu@herts.ac.uk Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

Dr Dan McQuillan is a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing at Goldsmiths University of London, and co-lead for AI in the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. He is  author of  the book Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence.

In this episode, you'll hear updates from the following University of Hertfordshire staff members about their New Years' teaching resolutions. Below are some of the resources/texts mentioned in the first episode. If you've not listened to the first part of this, or want a refresher - EP 10 - go back and listen now! In order: ⁠Karen Clark⁠, ⁠Earle Abrahamson⁠, ⁠Kathleen Tripp⁠, ⁠Kaja Franck⁠, ⁠Derek Ong⁠, ⁠Hạnh Đoan⁠, ⁠Helen Barefoot⁠, ⁠⁠Sarah Flynn⁠. Please ⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠. ⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠. FURTHER RESOURCES: PG Cert - Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education ⁠bell hooks, Talking Back, Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black⁠ ⁠Felix Mantz, "Decolonizing the IPE syllabus"⁠ ⁠Gurminder Bhambra and Julia McClure, Imperial Inequalities ⁠ ⁠Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell, Dismantling Green Colonialism⁠ ⁠Ibn Khaldun⁠ Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd. diversifyingherts.wordpress.com

In this episode (the second of two parts), ⁠Catarina Carvalho⁠ talks to ⁠Mustafa Ali⁠ about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big tech. This picks up from where the first part left off, so please go back and listen to that one if you haven't already. We also asked Mustafa, after the episode, to send us a reading list that might appear on his proposed 101 course, 'How the World Was Made'. We've added in suggestions of our own too. You can find it below. Let us know what recommendations you'd add to the list and if you use the list in your teaching. FURTHER RESOURCES: Mustafa Ali, ⁠'A Brief Introduction to Decolonial Computing'⁠ Mustafa Ali, ⁠'Towards a Decolonial Computing'⁠ HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE: Fanon, Frantz, Black Skin, White Masks (1952) Goldberg, David Theo, Racist Culture: Philosophy and the Politics of Meaning (1993) Hall, Stuart, 'The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power' (1995) Hartman, Saidiya, ‘Venus in Two Acts’ (2008) Lorde, Audre, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984) Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848) Mignolo, Walter, The Darker Side of Western Modernity (2011) Mills, Charles, The Racial Contract (1997) Mohanty, Chandra Talpade, Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity (2003) Quijano, Aníbal, 'Colonialidad y modernidad/racionalidad' (1989) Samman, Khaldoun and Mazhar Al-Zo'by, Islam and The Orientalist World System (2008) Smith, Linda Tuhiwai, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (1999) Winant, Howard, The New Politics of Race: Globalism, Difference, Justice (2004) Wynter, Sylvia, 'Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom: Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation—An Introduction’ (2003) EPISODE NOTES: Dr. Mustafa Ali  is a Lecturer in Computing at the Open University. He conducts transdisciplinary research investigating the interactions between race, religion, politics, ethics, and computing/ICT. Specifically, he examines and critically analyzes how colonial power harmfully affects our ways of seeing and thinking. Please ⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠. ⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode (the first of two parts), Catarina Carvalho talks to Mustafa Ali about the possibilities of decolonising, representation, and racial awarding gaps. Part 2 talks more explicitly about tech and computing - that episode will drop next week. FURTHER RESOURCES: Mustafa Ali, 'A Brief Introduction to Decolonial Computing' Mustafa Ali, 'Towards a Decolonial Computing' EPISODE NOTES: Dr. Mustafa Ali  is a Lecturer in Computing at the Open University. He conducts transdisciplinary research investigating the interactions between race, religion, politics, ethics, and computing/ICT. Specifically, he examines and critically analyzes how colonial power harmfully affects our ways of seeing and thinking. Please leave us feedback about the show via this link. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode, Sara de Sousa talks to Oli Belas and Neil Hopkins about the philosophy of education, including curriculum co-creation and student-led assessment design. FURTHER RESOURCES: Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society Eve Tuck and Wayne Yang, 'Decolonisation is Not a Metaphor' EPISODE NOTES: Dr Oli Belas is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at University of Bedfordshire. He teaches across Education and English subject-areas. His monograph, A Philosophical Inquiry into Subject English and Creative Writing, was nominated for the BERA 2023 Research Book of the Year award. With Dr. Neil Hopkins and Dr. Jim Clack, he runs the Radical Education and Humanities Group (REHG), which, for now, exists primarily as a blog (he, Neil, and Jim are always looking for contributors). Dr Neil Hopkins is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bedfordshire. He has recently co-edited (with Dr Carol Thompson) Reflections on Identity: Narratives from Educators. He was written extensively on education in relation to political philosophy, professional identity and psychoanalysis.  Also mentioned is their colleague Jim Clack. Oli, Neil, and Jim are members of University of Bedfordshire's Institute for Research in Education. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode, Helen Barefoot talks to Daniel Akinbosede about racism in the sciences, the awarding gap between white students and those from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, and the racist barriers within the academic pipeline. FURTHER RESOURCES: Daniel's article, 'Science Curricula Must be Decolonised Too' Daniel's article, 'Racism Still Pervades the Academic Sciences' Hoffman et al, 'Racial Bias in Pain Assessment...' Evans, 'RA Fisher and the Science of Hatred' UCL statement on eugenics OfS Funding Programme Angela Saini's books, Inferior and Superior EPISODE NOTES: Daniel Akinbosede is an activist for race equity in Higher Education. Building upon the work he started as a student, Daniel continues to challenge institutional racism through campaigning, educating, and sharing thought leadership. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode, ⁠Catarina Carvalho⁠ talks to Cátia Gonçalves about sexism in STEM subjects and getting women into the Sciences. Please take care while listening and look at Victim Support's website for help and information. FURTHER RESOURCES: Cátia's podcast, Linkedin, Google Scholar Gender Equality in Academia Gender Bias in Academia Spotlight on Gender Equality NAS Report on Sexual Harassment The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Young Women's Educational Well-Being EPISODE NOTES: Cátia Gonçalves (she/her) holds a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Manchester. She is currently working at the Portuguese Society of Rheumatology as a study coordinator/data scientist. Cátia has wide experience in Science Communication, and has participated in multiple outreach activities aimed at students from low-income backgrounds. She is also an outspoken feminist who advocates for gender equality and women's rights in social, economic and all other aspects of society.  Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode, Catarina Carvalho talks to Mark Martin about inclusive educational spaces, Ed Tech, students as learners, and more. FURTHER RESOURCES: ⁠Mark Martin, My Teaching Routine EPISODE NOTES: Mark Martin aka @Urban_Teacher is Assistant Professor in Computer Science & Education Practice at Northeastern University, London. Mark is a thought leader in #EdTech and a hugely popular speaker, sharing his expertise and insights to educators around the world. He is a teacher/advisor for the major global tech brands and continues to advocate for home-grown talent, digital skills and education equity. In February 2019, he was awarded the London Business Award for Paying It Forward. A few months later, he was awarded an MBE for services to education, technology and diversity in UK technology. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.

In this episode, Siobhan Bygate talks to Reverend Fiona Souter about faith, creating open and inclusive environments on campus, and a diverse student cohort. FURTHER RESOURCES: ⁠University of Hertfordshire Chaplaincy EPISODE NOTES: Reverend Fiona Souter (she/her) is the Chaplain at the University of Hertfordshire. Music by Rayen © Hear more via ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠. Edited by Chris Lloyd.