{"id":9967,"date":"2019-02-13T16:48:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/cel\/?p=9967"},"modified":"2019-02-14T08:57:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T08:57:38","slug":"why-is-my-curriulum-white-report-on-our-students-union-table-talk-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2019\/02\/13\/why-is-my-curriulum-white-report-on-our-students-union-table-talk-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is my curriulum white: report on our students union &#8216;table talk&#8217; evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was an honour to be invited to join our distinguished national panel at our own <strong>Students Union Table Talk<\/strong> event; a series of events hosted at BU exploring Race, Education, Equity and Social Justice. Decolonising the curriculum is an important agenda item in current UK Higher Education, and is about presenting a fair and balanced picture of Human thought and achievement\u00a0that represents knowledge and ideas from thinkers and authors of all nationalities, cultures and ethnicity.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9969 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2019\/02\/SUBUPanelPic-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lenny SUVP plus speakers at SUBU table talk event\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2019\/02\/SUBUPanelPic-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2019\/02\/SUBUPanelPic-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2019\/02\/SUBUPanelPic.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel members:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pictured l-r &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolsu.org.uk\/nasra\">Nasra Ayub<\/a> Vice-President of Education at Bristol Students&#8217; Union; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk\/display\/dholley\">Debbie Holley<\/a> BU Professor of Learning Innovation and Head of CEL; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcsnetwork.co.uk\/author\/busayotcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Busayo Twins<\/a>; University Access Officer at The Access Project &amp; Former President at LSE; our host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subu.org.uk\/mycurriculum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lenrick Greaves<\/a> VP Education at Bournemouth University Students Union. Fellow panellist (not pictured &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusconnect.org.uk\/elected-officers\/vice-president-higher-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amatey Doku<\/a> NUS, Vice-President of Higher Education)<\/p>\n<p>Around 50 students, staff and members of the public joined in on Monday evening to hear views from the panelists, take part in a lively debate and suggest ways in which to take the current work forward, both nationally and at a local level.\u00a0 SUVP Education Lenny Greaves started off the debate with showing his campaign video &#8216;why is my curriulum white&#8217; &#8211; access below, and have a look at his campaign page<a href=\"https:\/\/www.subu.org.uk\/mycurriculum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>. \u00a0 The national discussion can be found on twitter at #whyismycurriculumwhite<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/axarJ4TJ-1M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My own contribution was to draw upon a collaborative research project I undertook with colleagues from three London Universities, which profiled the struggles experienced by BAME students living at home and commuting into University, and explored ways in which to engender a sense of belonging at University. The paper can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10734-016-0063-3\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At Bournemouth, a team of colleagues in Library and Learning Support, led by Academic Liaison Manager, Emma Crowley, have been working closely with Lenny to champion the\u00a0Decolonising the curriculum\u00a0agenda. Important strands of work include promotional displays in each of the university libraries, representative reading lists, skills development and links to research information and national initiatives, all\u00a0freely available as an online guide.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9968 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2019\/02\/Decolonising-300x208.png\" alt=\"image of inclusivity\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2019\/02\/Decolonising-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2019\/02\/Decolonising.png 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.bournemouth.ac.uk\/c.php?g=666999&amp;p=4729367\">Link to resource<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an honour to be invited to join our distinguished national panel at our own Students Union Table Talk event; a series of events hosted at BU exploring Race, Education, Equity and Social Justice. 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