Are you a teaching academic? Are you interested in Decolonising Your Reading Lists? Have you thought about the need to Diversify the Academy but not sure where to start? Then this is the event for you!

The University of Kent will Launch Diversity Mark Award via Zoom Live on Tuesday 24 November 2020 Tuesday 14.30 – 17.00.

The award-winning work of Diversity Mark involves a team of cross-departmental colleagues from the Library, Student Success, Academic colleagues, Kent Union and collaboration of Student Ambassadors working to encourage reflection on the demographic makeup of reading lists, and stimulate conversations on how you can diversify reading lists that represent a more universal collection of knowledge. Having run various pilots across the university we would now like to formally launch the award and invite colleagues from across the campus to hear about the work so far.

We are delighted to announce that we will be joined by guest speaker Fope Olaleye, former Black Student Officer for National Union of Students. Fope is an anti-oppression educator, who has worked extensively on centring diverse voices/experiences in HE curriculum. We are also extremely lucky to be hearing from Dr Karen Schucan Bird and Lesley Pitman from UCL about their research “How diverse is your reading list? Exploring issues of representation and decolonisation in the UK”

Attendees can register for free on Eventbrite, and the online event link will then be sent by email. If you are a member of staff with a keen interest in dismantling inequalities, then come along! Better yet, forward the invitation to a colleague who you know has not considered this yet.