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Interview with Dr Hemma Philamore on decolonisation of robotics and artificial intelligence

[See bottom of page for full transcript of this video]Mitigation for inherent bias in robotics and AI, including bias with its origin in colonialism is an important part of teaching …

Interview with Shail Patel on decolonisation of, and anti-racism in, the mathematical sciences

[Transcript of video is available at the bottom of this page] In January 2020 Robert Julian-Borchak Williams of Detroit was arrested in front of his wife and children, interrogated, held …

Welcome to Week 4

In this video, lead educators Dr Marie-Annick Gournet and Professor Madhu Krishnan introduce you to Week 4. This week, we turn our attention to the arts and humanities. You will …

The origins of mathematics from non-white populations

We might be led to think that the major mathematical breakthroughs came from great Western thinkers like Descartes, Leibniz, Gauss, Pascal and many others. Historical mathematicians However, much of our …

Decolonising Scientific Language

Language is a great communicator, but can also be a great barrier, particularly when it comes to issues around decolonisation. In the scientific world, English is, not surprisingly because of …

Introduction to Week 3

Steve Eichhorn, Shaun Olok-Jacobs, and Ceara Webster introduce week 3 where we present the decolonisation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We cover a range of topics in this week, …

Global and Local approaches to Public History

In this video, Dr Su Lin Lewis and Dr Jessica Moody discuss the importance of global perspectives to the teaching and research of history and what it means to consider …

Historical uses of science and medical practice in colonial exploitation

In the present day, there is a consensus that the scientific knowledge that we are taught in educational institutes and the medical practices that doctors and medical professionals are obliged …

Moving Away from Deficit Models of Colonial Engineering

Deficit models of aid funded interventions in the so-called ‘developing world’ are still being used in current research programmes. A deficit model presumes that there is a need from the …

Coloniality, decoloniality and the legacies of imperialism

Decolonisation has become a buzzword in UK higher education, if not globally. In the next two steps of this course, we will explore some of the different ways decolonisation has …

Imperialism, Enslavement and Memory

In this video Dr Marie-Annick Gournet (one of the lead educators for Week 4 of this course) talks to Professor Olivette Otele, Professor of Slavery and the Memory of Enslavement …

What is a Reparative history of race?

In 2018, the Royal Historical Society, the UK’s largest association of researchers and teachers of history, published a Race, Ethnicity & Equality Report. The report found a series of systemic …

Literary Cultures and the Canon

Much ‘traditional’ education in literary studies emphasises the importance of the canon. There is a tendency to discuss the canon as a fixed selection of the ‘best’ works available to …

CORE – Departmental Approaches to Decolonising Economics

Building on our exploration of practical examples of decolonising economics teaching, we look at a unique approach to introductory economics called CORE (www.core-econ.org). CORE is a free online set of …

The Imperial Origins of Literary Studies

Although it is today considered a core discipline of learning, the study of English literature is relatively new as an area of inquiry. The origins of the discipline are deeply …

Course: Decolonising Education: From Theory to Practice

Decolonising Education: From Theory to Practice