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Decolonising and Ethnicity awarding gaps in UK HE
Firstly, I must clarify that my thoughts and writing here are based on my understanding of what the literature and behaviours of those...
haywoodassociates
Nov 20, 20235 min read
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Decolonising: Its enough to put a crack in it...
"while we may want to bring down the wall (of history and of the system), "basta con hacerle una grieta" ([it is] enough to make a crack...
haywoodassociates
Mar 15, 20232 min read
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Decolonising HE is not just about anti-racism and issues pertaining to race.
Image taken from Brittannia encyclopaedia While racism was a significant vehicle through which colonial oppression took place, and is...
haywoodassociates
Mar 2, 20232 min read
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Does unconscious bias have a place in Decolonising Higher Education?
Short answer: No. Picture taken from the Tin Men blog. I assert that the two principles run completely counter to each other....
haywoodassociates
Nov 30, 20222 min read
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The UK University Guide: A pocket book to Higher Education succes for students of colour
It’s been a few years of learning for me. Firstly, learning about UK higher Education, then learning about the oppression it creates, but...
haywoodassociates
Jul 18, 20222 min read
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Decolonising is not Diversity
Just thought it prudent to remind colleagues that conflating decolonising with diversity, inclusivity, an d/or even anti-racism is...
haywoodassociates
Jul 1, 20224 min read
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Big up ya own self! a.k.a. blow your own trumpet
"It is important that we treat the Caribbean as a region moving on the basis of greater cohesion and greater cross fertilisation…and...
haywoodassociates
Feb 21, 20223 min read
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Why should my content sit still?
As a British Trinidian, it makes sense that I would want to learn a lesson from the steel pan. This is not a lesson only for educators of...
haywoodassociates
Feb 7, 20222 min read
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Universal Education
It is important to understand that while the attempt to reduce the ethnicity awarding gap in Higher Education is one that I support, it...
haywoodassociates
Jan 26, 20222 min read
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The Third space - The University of Woodford square & Representation
" In effect, Dr. Williams, a man of the people, created a third space for education that birthed the political party that eventually led...
haywoodassociates
Jan 19, 20223 min read
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Learning about decolonising education from the Caribbean
Postcolonial countries have had to go through the long, calculated and systematic process of intentionally moving away from an education...
haywoodassociates
Jan 12, 20222 min read
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Before hiring a Black woman...
It’s been interesting to see the marked change in the recruitment of people of colour in the UK. Some will say its positive, because...
haywoodassociates
Dec 3, 20212 min read
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The "Quality" of Black Caribbean students in the UK
"A beautiful picture of resilience, strength, ability, and determination is presented when I look at black students. I see their smiles,...
haywoodassociates
Nov 23, 20212 min read
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Assessment and Equity
Assessment is a key point of learning for both a student and a teacher, where the learning journey is measured against some sort of...
haywoodassociates
Oct 8, 20212 min read
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Should Universities stop making Strategic Anti-racism commitments?
Just a quick rant to say that Universities should really stop making anti-racist commitments until they know what that commitment means....
haywoodassociates
Sep 29, 20212 min read
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Culture Wars and Higher Education in the UK
Why are we still in culture wars? I surmise that legitimately, there is still very limited understanding of what it means to effectively...
haywoodassociates
Sep 25, 20212 min read
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The Black Erudite
I chose to define erudite, because it can be easily defined as an adjective.
Black….not so much.
haywoodassociates
May 20, 20213 min read
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