Decolonisation Archives - The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET)

Decolonising Indian business and management education, knowledge and practice

by Nirved Kumar | Sep 28, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Decolonisation | 0

It is challenging for marginalised nations, institutions, and individuals to engage in decolonial practices when the neoliberal paradigm and neocolonial education are prevalent globally. Read More

Decolonisation, politics, knowledge and power – interview with convenors of UKFIET conference theme

by Máiréad Dunne and Bukola Oyinloye | Feb 28, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Decolonisation | 0

It is the potential to ‘disrupt’ that excites us most about this conference theme – Decolonisation, politics, knowledges and power. The invitation is to engage critically with the colonial matrix of power and the way it operates through knowledge, theory and practice in education and development. Read More

Educational aid as slavery and colonialism relic

by Mike Douse | Jan 19, 2022 | Aid, Decolonisation | 0

In a West African university in the early-1960s, unthinkingly and unashamedly I presented my students with the information and ideas that I had absorbed during my postgraduate studies in the UK. Read More

Deconstructing Ethical and Equitable Research Practices

by Sixtine Berquist | Jan 17, 2022 | Decolonisation, Education in Emergencies | 0

This blog was written by Sixtine Berquist, Advocacy & Communications Officer, and team at ACCESS (Accelerating Change for Children’s and Youth’s Education Through Systems...

Decolonising co-design in international teacher education

by Kris Stutchbury and Clare Woodward | Dec 7, 2021 | Decolonisation | 1

This blog was written by Kris Stutchbury (Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education), with contributions from Clare Woodward (Lecturer in International Education) at the Open...

Parental Advisory: Contains explicit expectations. Working together for transformation at the UKFIET conference

by Yvette Hutchinson | May 10, 2021 | Decolonisation | 1

This article was written by Yvette Hutchinson, British Council, and Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the September 2021 UKFIET conference. Over the years, I have spent a good...

Decolonising Higher Education: Bring Students Back In

by Yifei Yan | Jan 28, 2021 | Decolonisation, Higher Education | 0

This blog is written by Yifei Yan, Fellow, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science. Yifei explains how and why it is imperative that the...