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Event recording for the "Cultures of Decolonisation at UCL" Forum now available
15 July 2024
This month, UCL's Grand Challenge of Cultural Understanding and UCL's Development Education Research Centre in the Institute of Education held a forum to deliberate on the complexities and possibilities of decolonising research in higher education, in the UK and globally.
Please note, this recording is only available for UCL staff members to view and will not be made available externally.听
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In 2022, the UCL Grand Challenge of Cultural Understanding (GCCU) published the 鈥�Cultures of Decolonisation at UCL鈥� research report. The report features views and experiences of UCL researchers, doctoral students, and professional staff on the extent to which the institution鈥檚 norms and practices support decolonising research.
To further the aims of the project, the GCCU instituted a Special Funding Initiative called "Furthering Cultures of Decolonisation within Research" that has supported small research projects that take forward themes from the report. These projects cover a range of topics, including decolonising research ethics, doctoral research and supervision, student-staff community engagement as a form of decolonial practice, as well as transforming research practices through the use of decolonial terms.
As a follow-on activity, this UCL-wide forum on 鈥淐ultures of Decolonisation at UCL鈥� brought听together researchers, professional staff, and students to discuss the report themes and findings, as well as hear about the currently active funded projects connected to this initiative.
The forum provided a platform for attendees to deliberate on the complexities and possibilities of decolonising research, both in the current context of higher education in the UK, and globally.
Thank you to everyone who attended. If you missed the event, the recording is available to watch below. As above, this is only available for听UCL staff to view and does not include the group discussions.