Learning Designer: Inclusive Curriculum and Assessment Lead About Me: I joined Coventry University Online December 2020, as a Learning Designer supporting academic staff with the development and transformation of online courses. I coach and train academics on the authoring process of designing online learning content. I have ten years’ experience Read more…
Research Support Manager in Research Services About Me. I have worked in the Higher Education sector for over 10 years, 6 years at Coventry University. Studying at University opened doors for me and was a great leveller, I enjoyed the rigour, autonomy and access to academic literature. Completing my undergraduate Read more…
In this report UCU set out their major findings on the gender and ethnic make-up of the professoriate and on the gender and race pay gaps that exist at the highest level of academia in the UK.
‘Connecting BME Staff across the Coventry University Group to create a positive change’ The Coventry University BME Staff Network provides a forum for staff that identify as Black and Minority Ethnic (BME). The Network aims to provide the following: Opportunities to support and engage with BME Staff across the University Read more…
In the fourth part of the BME Staff Network’s ‘How Much Do Black Lives Matter’ series, we were joined by panellists Professor Gus John, Marie Charles and Malcolm Cumberbatch in an interactive discussion on the growing debate around the complexities and challenges of ‘allyship’ in the shadow of the increased Read more…
Senior Research Delivery Support Partner BME Staff Network Lead Race Equality Council Chair About Me. I am committed to challenging all forms of inequality, with a particular passion for fighting systemic racial inequalities and injustices, in and outside of Higher Education – through enacting and embedding change. I believe we Read more…
Head of Unit, Research Delivery Support About Me. Coventry born identical twin of Jamaican parents, I have worked at Coventry University for over 32 years, having also studied here as a mature student for my Batchelor’s and Masters degrees. I am currently the Head of the Research Management and Administration Read more…
From BAME to BIPOC! In this third event of the ‘How Much Do Black Lives Matter’ series, we were joined by Professor John Gus who shared his views on the historical and current use of language and terminology to describe people ‘othered’ on account of race or ethnicity.
Click here to view the HEPI Report on ‘Miseducation: decolonisingcurricula, culture and pedagogy in UK universities’
In this second part of the webinar series hosted by the BME Staff Network, Annette Hay was joined by two very eminent speakers: Professor Gus John (Coventry University, UK) and Former Vice President, Ben Reese (Duke University, USA).