Perspectives in Education - July 2024
Event information
This event will take place on Thursday 25 July 2024 at 15.30 in LT LGR, Business School, South Kensington Campus.
Please register for this event by completing the MS form no later than 24 July. Please note that this event has a maximum capacity of 80 delegates.
Agenda
15.30 Presentation: How to mend a university - An ecological approach by Professor Ian Kinchin
16.15 Book launch: Belonging and Identity in STEM Higher Education by Dr Camille Kandiko Howson and Professor Martyn Kingsbury
17.00 Drinks reception
Upcoming event
Linked to the publication of his new book (How to Mend a University), Professor Ian Kinchin outlines a personal perspective on a possible future for our universities that moves away from the neoliberal values of consumerism and competition, towards a more caring and sustainable ecological perspective. The five moves towards an ecological university are summarized in an integrated model that presents a challenge to the managerialism that currently dominates university discourses. The presentation will consider the opportunities and difficulties that such a move will generate and suggests how we might begin by re-considering the theories we use to underpin teacher development.
Suggested pre-reading: Kinchin, I.M. (2023) Five moves towards an ecological university. Teaching in Higher Education, 28(5): 918-932. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2023.2197108 [open access].
Following this talk, we will be launching the book ' Belonging and Identity in STEM Higher Education', edited by Dr Camille Kandiko Howson and Professor Martyn Kingsbury. This book explores the dynamics of belonging and identity in STEM fields, highlighting how disciplinary changes and the post-pandemic context affect these concepts. It offers valuable insights for those working in equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), as well as STEM educators and researchers.