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Outline of the Day: Black Awarding Gaps & Decolonisation Forum 2023

An open forum about the data, student experiences and ways forward: Thursday 9 March 2023, 10.00 – 16.30  

9.30 - 10.00                                    

Registration  
Coffee/tea will be offered on arrival  

10.00 - 10.20  

 

Welcome   

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

10.20 - 11.20  

 

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  

11.20 - 12.00  

 

Panel 1: What does the data tell us?  

  • Dr Alexa Horner, Dr Katya Samoylova and Kayinsola Amoo-Peters  
  • Chair: Professor Toni Williams   

12.00 - 12.45 

 

Lunch & Exhibition / activities designed by APP PAR Project students  

12.45 - 1.45 

 

Panel 2: What is Cambridge doing?  

  • Joe Cotton, Jenni Skinner, Isabelle Higgins, and Sanchita Pal 
  • Chair: Lord Simon Woolley   

1.45 -  2.45  

 

Workshops: with APP PAR Project students    

  1. Transition in and through university  
  2. Decolonising teaching, learning and assessment  
  3. Intersections of race and mental health  

2.45 - 3.00   

Afternoon tea/coffee  

3.00 -  4.00 

Roundtable   

  • Chair: Professor Jason Arday 
  • Respondents: Rumbidzai Dube and Mary Simuyandi and APP PAR Project students 

4.00 - 4.15  

 

Spoken word performance

  • Christabel Okungwa, current Cambridge student 
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