Agenda: Black Awarding Gaps & Decolonisation Forum 2023

Black Awarding Gaps and Decolonisation Forum: an open forum about the data, student experiences and ways forward 
Thursday 9 March, 10.00 – 16.30  

Student Services Centre, New Museum Site 

Agenda 

Time  

Room  

Activity  

9.30 -  

10.00  

Atrium  

Registration   
Coffee/tea will be offered on arrival  

10.00 - 10.15  

Exam Halls C&D  

Welcome   

Pro Vice Chancellor Education, Professor Bhaskar Vira,   
and APP PAR Project students  

10.15 - 11.15  

Keynote  

Dr Paul Ian Campbell, University of Leicester  

“My family’s always like, make sure you pray that the person marking your work isn’t racist”: Identifying and measurably reducing racial inequities in HE assessment  

11.15 - 12.00  

Panel 1: What does the data tell us?   
Panellists: Dr Alexa Horner, Dr Katya Samoylova and Kayinsola Amoo-Peters  

Chair: Professor Toni Williams   

12.00 - 12.40  

Atrium  

Lunch  

Exhibition/activities designed by APP PAR Project students  

12.40 -  

1.00  

Lecture Theatre  

Spoken word performance  

Faith Falayi   

1.00 - 

1.50  

Panel 2: What is Cambridge doing?   
Panellists: Joe Cotton, Jenni Skinner, Isabelle Higgins, and Sanchita Pal  

Chair: Lord Simon Woolley   

2.00 -  

3.00  

Exam Halls A&B, C, D (3 separate rooms)  

Workshops: with APP PAR Project students    

  1. Transition in and through university  

  1. Decolonising teaching, learning and assessment  

  1. Intersections of race and mental health  

3.00 - 3.15   

Atrium  

Afternoon tea/coffee  

3.15 -  

4.15 

Exam Halls C&D  

Roundtable    
Chair: Professor Jason Arday  
Respondents: Rumbidzai Dube and Mary Simuyandi   

4.15 -  

4.30  

Final words and close  

Spoken word performance: Christabel Okungwa (tbc)  
APP PAR Project students