Seminar

How to have difficult conversations about race: in the context of decolonising the curriculum

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University of St Andrews School of Management taught postgrads seated in a seminarPanel members:

  • Dr Foluke Adebisi,
    University of Bristol Law School
  • Dr Jason Arday,
    Durham University
  • Dr Khadija Mohammed,
    University of the West of Scotland

Thursday 18 March 2021
12 noon – 2pm

Guest expert panelists will answer questions about decolonisation of the curriculum with respect to race and practical steps the University of St Andrews can take to embed inclusive and decolonial practice.

The panelists welcome relevant questions in advance. To submit a question, please email [email protected] by Monday 22 February 2021.

This webinar is open to all staff and students. The event is free to attend. However, please use the Eventbrite link below to register attendance.

Join ‘How to have difficult conversations about race…’ online

Tackling belief-related harrassment

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lights shining in St Salvator's chapel, University of St Andrews, with a hazy view of Archbishop Cushley giving mass in the backgroundProfessor Paul Weller,
Coventry University

Wednesday 17 March 2021
1pm – 2pm

Professor Paul Weller will present this seminar entitled “Uncovering and tackling religion- or belief-related harassment: lessons from an office for students’ research and intervention project”.

The presentation will discuss a Coventry University project led by Professor Weller, ‘Tackling religion-based hate crime on the multi-faith campus’.

The project aimed to:

• better support students in understanding what religion-based hate crime is and encourage them to report and receive support
• strengthen the existing reporting and case management mechanism to ensure it addresses religion-based hate crime affecting students
• provide an exemplar for the HE sector via partnership with, and knowledge sharing through, national organisations working on HE equality policy (ECU) and with Church of England chaplains.

Belonging, Bodies, Banter and Beyond

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Professor Ruth Woodfield and Dr Anna Brown,
University of St Andrews

two fire fighters in front of a blaze. Photo by Charlota Blunarova on Unsplash.Professor Ruth Woodfield, CREDI Co-Director, and Dr Anna Brown will  host an online research seminar entitled “Belonging, Bodies, Banter and Beyond: bringing a Bakhtinian lens to organisational tensions within the UK Fire and Rescue Service”.

Wednesday 9 December 2020

2.30pm – 4pm

Abstract
The authors use a Bakhtinian lens to understand organisational tensions in the Fire Service. Their research explores the role of banter, and ‘beyond banter’ episodes, in affirming and challenging hierarchical relationships between various groups – including men and women – within the Service.

Photo by Charlota Blunarova on Unsplash

Access a recording of the “Belonging, Bodies, Banter and Beyond” seminar below. University of St Andrews login for Streams is required.

Inclusive and equitable teaching with technology: welcoming and supporting all our students

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Flower Darby

Flower Darby is an author, educator and speaker who specialises in teaching and learning, design and practice in both face-to-face and online formats. She will be joining CREDI to present a seminar entitled “Inclusive and equitable teaching with technology: welcoming and supporting all our students”.

Wednesday 4 November 2020Flower Darby

2.30pm – 4pm

Abstract
Engaging our diverse students in all class formats is crucial to our societal well-being, yet we may not feel equipped to do so. Join us to explore theoretical frameworks and practical strategies that allow us to welcome and support all our students in equitable and inclusive online and in-person classes. You’ll leave with new ideas to apply in your teaching next week or next term, as we seek to better support our students’ ability to learn and succeed.

Flower Darby’s PowerPoint Presentation – Inclusive and Equitable Teaching With Technology Nov 4 2020

Access a recording of Flower Darby’s session below. University of St Andrews login for Streams is required.

Menopause and the workplace: new directions in research

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Professor Joanna Brewis,
Open University      

Wednesday 13 November 2019

1pm – 2.30pm

Lecture Room 3, School of Management,

The Gateway North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9RJ

Abstract
This presentation will focus on the importance of future research adopting an intersectional, political economy approach to menopause, in order to better understand the considerable differences between how women going through menopause transition experience work. It will offer arguments ranging from the macro through the meso, down to the micro level of these differences, in doing so, setting an agenda for the work to come on this very significant issue.

Analysing Ageism and Age Discrimination (at work)

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Professor John Macnicol,
University College London (UCL)

Research seminar, University of St Andrews

Wednesday 12 June 2019

12.30pm – 2pm

Professor Macnicol presents a seminar entitled “Analysing ageism and age discrimination (at work)”. In the last twenty years, there has been much discussion of ageism and age discrimination in employment in the UK. Many argue that age should join class, gender and race as protected characteristics in any modern, civilised society. However, there are intriguing problems with the timing of this renewed interest, and in many ways both concepts have been under discussion for a very long time. It is possible, for example, to see interest in age discrimination in employment as far back as the 1930s. The question is, therefore, why these disadvantages have re-appeared on the public policy agenda, and to what extent they have been used to justify a workfarist agenda which may not be in the best interests of older people.

From sex roles to gender as a social structure: Implications for organisational change

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Professor Barbara Risman,
University of Illinois Chicago

Research seminar, University of St Andrews

Wednesday 30 May 2018

12.30pm – 2pm

Professor Risman presents a seminar entitled “From sex roles to gender as a social structure: Implications for organisational change”.  In this talk, Professor Risman presents a theory for understanding gender inequality that goes far beyond defining gender as identity.  Instead, she argues that gender is a structure that includes individual level identities, but also the interactional expectations linked to sex category, institutional policies which embed expectations into organizations, and cultural logics which legitimate inequality.   The only way to decrease inequality is to address each level of analysis, and do so with attention to the material reality and cultural beliefs. The public policy and organizational implications of understanding gender as a social structure will be highlighted.  A discussion of this new generation of workers, Millennials, will be included in the conversation.

Working at the crossroads between evidence and practice to achieve gender equality”

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Dr Nikola Balvin,
UNICEF Office of Research

Research seminar, University of St Andrews

Monday 12 February 2018

1pm – 2.30pm

Dr Balvin, Knowledge Management Specialist at the UNICEF Office of Research, presents a seminar entitled ‘Working at the crossroads between evidence and practice to achieve gender equality’.

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