Category: Decolonisation

Sustainability, linguistic and cultural diversity and decoloniality in European schools

by Rachel Bowden and Denise Hornig | Dec 1, 2023 | Decolonisation

This blog was written by Rachel Bowden and Denise Hornig, TU Dresden University of Technology, the Centre of Teacher Education and Education Research. Fires raged around the...

Navigating the post-colonial trip wires in developing a school for peace in Rwanda

by Angie Kotler and Jean de Deiu | Nov 6, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Decolonisation

Our aim in drafting and presenting our paper for the 2023 UKFIET conference, was part of an ongoing reflection process that we have been engaged in for many years. To frame this, we used two paradoxes: the first from Sabaratnum who says: Western liberalism is seen as a source of… Read More

The urgent need for meaningful transformation and decolonisation in South African higher education institutions

by Linda Scott | Oct 27, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Decolonisation

The recent student riots in South African public higher education institutions serve as a stark reminder of the 2015/16 student riots and the #FeesMustFall and #RhodesMustFall movements. Just as they did in the earlier riots, these students in 2023 call for decolonisation of higher education spaces and protest against financial… Read More

Decolonisation, politics, knowledge and power: Highlights from UKFIET 2023 conference sub-theme

by Máiréad Dunne and Bukola Oyinloye | Oct 18, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Decolonisation

The inauguration of the sub-theme at the UKFIET conference brought together an amazing diversity of researchers and practitioners with multiple concerns and interests in the ‘hot topics’ of decolonisation, knowledge, power and politics. Read More

Decolonising Indian business and management education, knowledge and practice

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...