Diversity in Academia: Equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) in the multi-cultural Higher Education classroom
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28 – 29 April 2023
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MU Language Centre, 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.
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