Mr Malcolm Richards, Malcolm.Richards@uwe.ac.uk.
Equity in Education 2023 seeks to build on recent ECRG events and highlight the outstanding research and teaching in equity in education across UWE, and with our partners. This conference is taking place on Thursday 6th July 2023 between 09:00-17:30 The conference is hosted online using UWE Teams online platform.
This a FREE event but registration is necessary. Click on this link for details. Links to sessions will be sent to all registered colleagues on Wednesday 5th July 2023 before 4pm.
Equity in Education Conference Programme 2023
| Time | DESCRIPTIONS |
| WELCOME 9.00AM-9.15AM | Welcome, introductions and housekeeping with Malcolm Richards (UWE) |
| Session 1 9.15AM-10.00am | ECRG In Conversation: Professor Richard Waller (Professor of Education and Social justice) in conversation with Dr Verity Jones (Associate Professor in Sustainable Education), and Dr Alpesh Maisuria (Associate Professor in Critical Education). Colleagues will be discussing the following question: How can research contribute to more inclusive, diverse, equitable and just communities and societies? |
| SESSION 2 10.00am – 10.30am | Professor Richard Waller (UWE) Class and gendered inequalities in higher education: Some findings from the Paired Peers study |
| SESSION 3: 10.30am-11.30am | Postgraduate student panel and Q & A Rachael Pryor Virtual schools and inequality in Bristol Anna Burchfiel Radical Access: Rethinking Undergraduate university admissions in England to tackle social inequalities Paula Fieldhouse I could never do maths at school! How the intergenerational transmission of Maths Anxiety contributes to educational inequality and what can be done about it. |
| SESSION 4 11.30am-12.30am | Student voice and active participation Dr Ben Knight and Dr Marcus Witt (UWE) Personality-Sensitive Pedagogies: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Small Group Interactions Among 9-10 Year Olds Ella Rees (UWE) Lessons learnt from a campus climate survey at a Post-92 UK University for sexual and gender-based violence |
| SESSION 5: 12.30am-1.30pm | Creative methods and equitable pedagogies Luci Gorell Barnes and Dr Tessa Podpadec (UWE) Creative arts methods and methodologies Dr Jane Carter (UWE) Influencer research: Reading, school libraries and reading across Bristol’s Somali community (pre-recording) Will Grant (UWE)A reflection on dialogic diving boards and decolonising school art: The African mask project. |
| 1.30pm-2.00pm | LUNCH |
| SESSION 6 2.00pm-3.00pm | Language, literature, performance, and expression in education (pre-recording) Amy Saleh (UWE) Teaching the Princess and the Hustler Tanisha Hicks-Beresford and Emma Thomas (UWE) Black Joy in the Curriculum Beyond Face Theatre Company Language, literature, and performance in education |
| SESSION 7 3.00pm-3.30pm | Neurodiversity, teaching, and teacher education Jamie Whelan and Kalpa Ghelani (pre-recording) |
| SESSION 8 3.30pm-4.30pm | Race, racism, and leadership in Bristol schools Claire Stewart-Hall (Leeds Beckett University) How whiteness functions through school leadership in the city of Bristol Justin Vafadari and Dr Sarah Whitehouse (both UWE) REST Project Bristol Alex Brown and Terra Glowach (UWE) Racism, counter stories from black teachers and school leadership in Bristol schools |
| SESSION 9 4.30pm-5.15pm | Black Educators Book Club: Bristol Hosted by Camille London-Miyo (Stephen Lawrence Research Centre) and Malcolm Richards (UWE) with Lisa Panford (Queen Mary University), Amy Saleh and Terra Glowach (both UWE) Pre-reading for this session: (open source) Link: Making spaces for collaborative action and learning: Reflections on teacher-led decolonising initiatives from a professional learning network in England? |
| SESSION 10 5.15pm-5.30pm | Closing remarks and next steps with Malcolm Richards (UWE) |
Hosted by Education and Childhood Research Group (ECRG), this online event offers participants an opportunity to meet with others who share interests and to discuss their work, develop connections and possibilities that will encourage knowledge production and collaboration in the future.
This conference is suitable for anyone interested in or working on equity’ issues in educational and other contexts. We particularly welcome students and student-teachers from our respective institutions, alongside educators in schools, education unions and community education institutions across the UK, as well as colleagues from overseas.
For enquiries please contact Malcolm Richards via email on malcolm.richards@uwe.ac.uk
