Diversity in Academia: Equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) in the multi-cultural Higher Education classroom

  • 28. – 29. dubna 2023
  • CJV MU, Komenského nám. 2, Brno
    Room 300

In 2023 on 28 & 29 April, the FIESOLE Group is holding its 8th Symposium in Brno, at Masaryk University. The Symposium is a meeting of colleagues from all over Europe to discuss the promotion of doctoral and post-doctoral mobility in Europe and beyond.

This year’s Symposium is dedicated to the issue of diversity in academia, with a special focus on Equality, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) in the multicultural Higher Education classroom. Among other questions, we will share ideas on the following:

  • How do we increase awareness of EDI in our training practices?
  • How can we raise respect / maintain respect for multilingualism/multiculturalism in English medium instruction (EMI) settings?
  • What stances, as trainers/researchers, are we taking / should we be taking to EDI?
  • How do we prepare early-career scholars to adapt to different expectations as they move from one context to another?

PROGRAMME
Friday 28 April 2023

13.30-14.00 Registration / Coffee

14.00-14.30 Welcome and opening remarks
- Alena Hradilová (Director, MU Language Centre)
- Libor Stepanek (FIESOLE Group Coordinator)

14.30-15.00 EDI in Academia: Setting the Stage (reflective presentation)
- Laurie Jane Anderson (professor at University of Siena and EUI)
- Nicola Hargreaves (Coordinator of Language Unit at EUI)

15.00-16.00 EDI in Academia: Early Career Academics Perspectives´ (panel)
Introduction and moderation:
- Laurie Jane Anderson (professor at University of Siena and EUI)
- Nicola Hargreaves, (Coordinator of Language Unit at EUI)
Panel guests: EUI Max Weber Programme Fellows, Masaryk University, Charles University Prague, and UCL London early career researchers)

16:00-16:30 break

16.30-17.20 Mediating a role for social justice in the EAP classroom (presentation)
Presenter: Katie Mansfield (Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster, London)

17:30-18:30 EDI in Academia: Reflecting on diversity (round table)
- How is ‘diversity’ conceptualised in our different HE settings? Similarities/differences?
- How do institutional concerns and concepts of mission/vision come into play?
Introduction and moderation: Alison Standring (Deputy Director of Language Centre at LSE)

19:30 Symposium Dinner: at Špilberk Hlidka 2 http://hlidkaspilberk.cz/

PROGRAMME
Saturday 29th April 2023

9:00-9:30 Coffee

9:30-11:00 Teaching Practice Week introduced and compared (workshop)
Introduction and Moderation: Libor Stepanek (FIESOLE Group Coordinator)

11:00- 11:30 Coffee

11.30 -12.30 AI - equal, included, and diverse (interactive presentation)
Presenter: Petr Zelina (PhD researcher, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno)

12:30-13:00 Symposium Roundup, Feedback, Closing Remarks and Farewells
- David Bowskill (Lecturer in English for Academic and Legal Purposes, Humboldt University Berlin and FIESOLE Group Steering Committee)

The programme may be subject to change.

Varování

Formulář je momentálně uzavřený

Sdílení události

Používáte starou verzi internetového prohlížeče. Doporučujeme aktualizovat Váš prohlížeč na nejnovější verzi.

Další info