Reviewed and edited by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan My passion to create a sustainable environment by being an agent of transformation and increase my experience in the field of climate change made me seek international experience for upskilling. Thus, started my externship journey with Greenpeace USA(https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/). In this blog I provide a short summary of how… Continue reading Being inclusive in climate activism – My Greenpeace externship as Strategy Analyst
Tag: Inclusivity
Antiracism & Inclusion Virtual Coffee Ideas Room
Welcome to my new initiative - ideas room with a coffee in your hand! Virtual Coffee Ideas Room - image with a laptop, phone, diary, coffee and chocolate For the past few years, I have found myself restrained by institutional policies which limit a free and safe space for People of Colour to speak of… Continue reading Antiracism & Inclusion Virtual Coffee Ideas Room
Recording of my #atlc22 Open Mic
An event organised as part of the #altc22 socials by PipMcDonald. I am really grateful for the opportunity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoBDJqKa_l8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoBDJqKa_l8
YOU are forgetting me! Open Mic
This is a poem of mine that I am reading for the first-ever #altc22 open mic event today. I hope this blog and poem will inspire attendees to the #altc22 conference to look into diversity and beg us all to question the status quo. For reference, please visit my blog post on 'Changing Changing mindsets… Continue reading YOU are forgetting me! Open Mic
Recording of my creativeHe inaugural Open Mic
An event organised under creativeHE by PipMcDonald & Tom Burns. I am really grateful for the opportunity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed7tdjBgAP0 A recording of the full event, with other participants, is available too. https://youtu.be/2z7Vezcph20
A day at the Global Rainbow Foundation, a charity for people with disabilities in the Indian Ocean
I am crowdfunding for GRF on JustGiving. In your donation, you are encouraged to write a note to the benefactor who will be a student with a disability. A few words of encouragement from you will mean a lot to those individuals. If you are contributing anonymously, please include your initials at the end of… Continue reading A day at the Global Rainbow Foundation, a charity for people with disabilities in the Indian Ocean
Protected: Taking an action-oriented approach to recruitment – Steps 1 & 2 ONLY – ARLT SIG presentation 9th March 2022
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Ouch! Another year on, and your board room is still with 1 black woman, still better, she ticks other boxes too
Today is the day when organisations will publish statements of how great they have been working towards women empowerment, and some will even throw in the UN SDG5 for a top-notch touch. The day, when the world acknowledges the 49.6% of humans alive! A few days back EM2030 made it clear that the 2030 gender… Continue reading Ouch! Another year on, and your board room is still with 1 black woman, still better, she ticks other boxes too
A positive step towards reducing discrimination in recruitment – ft. Matt Lingard
Are you an active antiracist looking to make a difference in the recruitment process in your team and department? This blog features: An interview with Matt Lingard, highlighting the small steps he undertook to positively tackle racism in the recruitment processConsiderations if you wish to implement such an approachHow to further effectively eliminate discrimination in… Continue reading A positive step towards reducing discrimination in recruitment – ft. Matt Lingard
Flashcards to raise digital inequalities awareness in the educational sector – an OER practice for solutions
The picture in this post was updated on 7th April with a more appropriate one after feedback from the #creativeHE community that the left and right brain theory is a myth. Always learning! This is a new project of mine, fresh from the oven! Just now fitting the pieces together. I am all excited because… Continue reading Flashcards to raise digital inequalities awareness in the educational sector – an OER practice for solutions
Race equality in learning technology – digital poverty
This post is inspired by a reflection on what taking action on race equality within learning technology means, triggered by the Race Equality Week running from 7-13 Feb 2022. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, many educators came across the term digital poverty for the first time. Digital poverty is a fairly complex term to understand, as… Continue reading Race equality in learning technology – digital poverty
Modern slavery in UK HEIs
Racist practices to eliminate racism - the new elephant in the room When slavery was abolished in the ex-British colonies in the 19th century, it was a relief and a ray of hope for the countless slaves whose families had lost their lives while making a run for freedom or standing up to demand a… Continue reading Modern slavery in UK HEIs
Protected: Being Co-Chair of the first Anti-Racism & Learning Technology Special Interest Group
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Equity analysis of 6 job blurbs – a podcast for TalkingHE
Your job advert shouts DISCRIMINATION This podcast was recorded on 22nd Dec 2021, at the time of the recording, all the job adverts discussed in this podcast were live, with closing dates set in the future. All job adverts were picked from jobs.ac.uk. Podcast available at: https://anchor.fm/talkinghe/episodes/TalkingHE---Episode-14---Dr-Teeroumanee-Nadan---Discrimination-in-Recruitment-e1clspi/a-a773mv3 Post edit: Not all examples were covered in… Continue reading Equity analysis of 6 job blurbs – a podcast for TalkingHE
Stripping the recruitment exercises from my ALT Winter 2021 presentation
During my recent ALT Winter 2021 presentation on "We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity”: an intersectional text analysis of job postings in learning technology", I had created a Padlet space for some interactive exercises and reflections around the understanding of the recruitment and development and anti-racism. While preparing the slides, I have… Continue reading Stripping the recruitment exercises from my ALT Winter 2021 presentation
Reshaping HE - International, Inclusive & Digital Ed 