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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/symposium-equitable-collaborations-for-g
 lobal-justice-in-and-through-education/
SUMMARY:Symposium: Equitable collaborations for global justice in and throu
 gh education
DESCRIPTION:15 June 2026\nREGISTER HERE TO JOIN IN CAMBRIDGE OR CAPE TOWN O
 R ONLINE \nIn person and online at the University of Cambridge and the Uni
 versity of the Western Cape\nSymposium day session: from 12:00-15:45 BST o
 r 13:00-14:45 SAST\nSymposium evening lecture: from 17:00-18:30 BST or 18:
 00-19:30 SAST\nThis closing symposium for the University of the Western Ca
 pe and REAL Centre joint seminar series will focus on global solidarity ac
 ross universities as spaces not just for teaching\, but for nurturing soci
 al conscience and tackling injustice and oppression.\nKeynote addresses in
 clude:\n\n	Professor Robert Balfour\, Rector and Vice-Chancellor\, Univers
 ity of the Western Cape\n	Professor Bhaskar Vira\, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
  Education and Environmental Sustainability\, University of Cambridge\n\nE
 vening lecture:\n\n	Professor Ahmed Kamal Junina\, Assistant Professor and
  Head of English Department\, Al-Aqsa University\, Gaza\n\nPanel discussio
 ns:\n\n	Equitable research collaborations and partnerships\n	Palestine and
  the role of universities and global solidarity for the reconstruction of 
 education\n	Indigenous knowledge and climate justice in and through educat
 ion\n\nThe University of the Western Cape is well-known for its struggle a
 gainst apartheid and its continued fight against oppression\, discriminati
 on and disadvantage in modern day South Africa. Under the banner of "an in
 tellectual home of the left"\, from 1987\, UWC created space for curriculu
 m renewal\, innovative research and outreach projects. It committed to bei
 ng a university that not just generates knowledge that is useful\, but tha
 t also politically addresses inequity and social justice.\nThese same comm
 itments underpin the values and work of the REAL Centre at the University 
 of Cambridge in its work to realise equity. UWC and the REAL Centre jointl
 y attempt to formulate coherent responses that are ethically informed and 
 progressive in tackling the biggest contemporary challenges facing the wor
 ld – the climate emergency\, conflict\, authoritarianism\, artificial in
 telligence\, etc.\nThe joint seminar series in 2026 has been an opportunit
 y to consolidate discussions between the two universities in forming an et
 hical partnership.
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