Our Events Archive
Our Events Archive
#DiverseEd Virtual IX October 2022
- Full Event
- Introduction – Hannah and Bennie introduce Diverse Ed IX
- Audrey Pantelis – Intersectional Identities
- Abed Ahmed – Supporting Young People and Colleagues Who Stammer
- Nicky Bright – Goals for Raising Menopause Awareness
- Lisa Panford – Diversifying the MFL Curriculum
- Allison Zionts – Becoming a 'Living Resource' for Students and Colleagues
- Robert Power – From Local to Global: Community, Global Curriculums and Total Inclusivity
- Naveed Khan – Breaking the Proverbial Glass Ceiling
- Christalla Jamil – Disrupting the Leadership Trajectory
- Esther Mustamu-Daniels – The Impact of DEI on Pupils and the Curriculum (Through an International Lens)
- Adam Vasco – Do Disrupt. Challenge the Status Quo or Become It
- Esther Cummins – Inclusive Ethos: Stating the Obvious?
- Lizzy Swan – Understanding ADHD in Girls and Women
- Pledges and Close
#DiverseEd Virtual VIII June 2022
- Amy Sayer – Supporting Staff Mental Health in the Current Context
- Lindsey Parr – Role Model Stories: The Power of Storytelling
- Azuraye Williams – DEIB Walks: Providing Support Across a Multi-academy Trust
- Bianca Chappell – The IMPACT of Microaggressions: My Lived Experience
- Edel Cronin – Queer Clubbing
- Caroline Lowing – Authentic Leadership: Being a Different Type of School Leader – Inside and Out!
- Orla McKeating – Why Representation Matters for Children & How We Can All Be Accountable
- Meena Wood – Diversifying the Curriculum Through Mapping and Empowering Learners Through Inclusive and Equitable Assessment
- Rachel Clarke – Standing on the Shoulders of Giants; Anti-racism Learning, Leading and Legacy
- Darren Meitiner-Harvey – Diversifying the Curriculum: Forgotten Voices
- Harry Scantlebury – Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes’: from Ms to Mr. On Doing Hard Things and Telling Your Story
- Pledges and Close
#DiverseEd Virtual VII March 2022
- Full Event
- Anna Szpakowska – Character and Values Based Learning: A Teacher's True Legacy
- Andy Moffat – No Outsiders: Teaching for Global Citizenship
- Rebecca Peacock and Vicki Parry – Two Things You Can Do on Monday to Make Your Classroom More Inclusive
- Charlotte Bell – Bringing up Baby: Balancing Parenthood and Your Teaching Career
- David Lowbridge-Ellis – 'This Session Is Gay!'
- Halil Tamgumus – Mirrors and Windows – Creating a Culture of Belonging to Foster and Develop Future World Changers
- Adrian McLean – Legacy: How to Create a Legacy Through Allyship & Coalition Building
- Artemi Sakellariadis – Equality: Working with the "How Can We?" Question
- Mariam Sylla – Learning Your Legacy: An ECT's Perspective
- Angela Dixon and Zaffreen Kosir – Scaling the Heights Towards Diversity & Equality
- Pledges and Close
#DiverseEd Virtual VI January 2022
- Serdar Ferit and Students (Imani, Jaya, Joshita, Sheldon and Surkhab) from Upton Court Grammar School – The Impact of Diverse Narratives in the Curriculum.
- Dr Emily Meadows – Designing LGBTQ+ Equitable Schools
- Antonia Spinks – How Destigmatising Flexible Working Can Support Equality
- Albert Adeyemi and Johnoi Josephs – Black Men in Ed: Wanted, Needed or Both?
- Nadine Bernard and Ethan Bernard – Systemic Stories - Addressing Racial Inequalities
- Jo Brassington – Identity: An Infinite Jigsaw
- Malarville Krishnasamy – What's in a Name?
- Dr Shrehan Lynch – PhysEquity: Driving Representative Change in PE
- Rhia Gibbs – Stop Talking Representation and Start Doing
- Dr Anna Carlile – LGBTQ Inclusive Education in Schools Serving Faith Communities
- Mahlon Evans-Sinclair – Visibility and Control of the Narrative: The Value of a Virtual Black Staffroom
- Pledges and Close
#DiverseEd Virtual V June 2021
- Full Event
- Session 1 – Diverse Children – Artemi Sakellariadis - Disability Inclusion in Mainstream Schools; Jac Bastian - Diverse Role Models; Temi Akindele Barker - A Decade of Diversity; Lois Nethersell - Engaging and Empowering Students in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work; Kahir Abdul - Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs to Connect Organically with the Wider World
- Session 2 – Diverse Curriculum – Andrea Silvain - An Anti-Racist Curriculum; Kyrstie Stubbs - Supporting LGBT in Primary Schools; Laura McConnell - A Pedagogy for Neurodiversity; Dr Harriet Marshall - Building Empathy and Resilience for a More Just and Sustainable World; Jordan Day - Global Equality Research in the classroom
- Session 3 – Diverse Staff – Dr Jill Berry - Coaching and Mentoring for Diverse Leaders; Louise Cooper - The MixEd story. Amplifying the Voices of Mixed Heritage Educators; Shuaib Khan - Finding Your Voice; Adam Brett - Queer Capital: Visibility of LGBT; Rachel Boyle - Challenging Notions of Deficit: Empowering Primary School Children of Colour
- Session 4 – Diverse Schools – Chay Brown - LGBT Inclusion in Schools and Colleges; Jitse van Ameijde - Accessibility and Inclusion; Sharifah Lee - Power and Privilege; Jack Poulton - Global Equality, Diversity and Inclusive Schools; Kate Bancroft - The ‘Over-surveillance' of teachers
- Session 5 – Reflections and Pledges
#DiverseEd Virtual IV April 2021
- Full Event
- Session 1 – Diverse Children – Amy Ferguson - Your Teacher Identity; Aaron Bradbury Coffee - LGBTQIA+ - Where It Begins, EYFS; Marcus Shepherd - MixEd: Why Visibility is Important; Virginia Mendez - Fighting Gender Stereotypes in Childhood; Laura Morris - Developing an Anti-Racist Culture in Schools; Partner Speaker - Alliance for Learning
- Session 2 – Diverse Curriculum – Beckie West - Intersectionality: Sexual Orientation and Autism; Halil Tamgumus - Ethnicity in the Curriculum; Julie Cassiano - Working in Schools with Mental Health; Domini Leong - Decolonising the Curriculum; Paulina Tervo - The Power of Multiple Perspectives; Partner Speaker - Lyfta
- Session 3 – Diverse Staff – Aretha Banton - Empowering BAME Women in Education; Ben Hobbis - Inclusive Allyship for Early Career Teachers; Charlotte Ellen Marshall - The Fear of Being Fired; James Clarke - Empowering the Student Voice; Karl Pupe - Why Representation Matters in Education; Partner Speaker - Teacheroo
- Session 4 – Diverse Schools – Deb Outhwaite - Gender and Privilege; Emma Sheppard - Pregnancy, Maternity, Parenthood and Teaching; Paula Delaney - Labelling, Stereotyping and Self-fulfilling Prophecies; Sabrina Edwards - Creating Anti-racist, Gender Equal Schools; Harmeet Sahota - Inclusion and the Under-privileged in Schools; Shabnam Cadwallender - Identity and Deep Culture in the Anti-Racist School; Partner Speaker - GEC and Carnegie Education
- Session 5 – Diverse Perspectives Partner speakers from Phoenix Education Young Change Makers programme Fatma Shami Nykeda Bekoe-Amoako Reese Marley Robinson Yumna Hussen
- Session 6 – Thank yous, summary and #MyDiverseEdPledge
- James Clarke – Empowering the Student Voice
#DiverseEd Virtual III January 2021
- Full Event
- Session 1 – Diverse Children – Anita Fiddes Kapadia - Breaking Barriers for Girls in Sport; Dylan Ahmed – Trans-inclusive Physical Education; Sandra Harrison - Supporting Children with Autism; Yasmin Omar - Disability Discrimination in the Workplace; Partner Speaker - Carnegie Education - Dr Tom Dobson - Storymaker’s Press - Co-creating Stories with Children
- Session 2 – Diverse Curriculum – Amjad Ali - Representation and Belonging; Jessica Austin-Burdett - Creativity, Diversity and Social Justice; Nick Bentley - Supporting the Mental Health of LGBT+; Kate Hollinshead - LGBT+ Equality: A Whole-school Approach; Partner Speaker - Lyfta - Rahul Karavadra
- Session 3 – Diverse Staff – Aneesa Haroon - Forge Your Own Path; Vilok Avadhan - Visible Role Models; Cleo de Jong - Confidence in Career Choices; Evelyn Forde - Leadership Pipelines; Carly Hind - Owning Yourself in School: Three Strands
- Session 4 – Diverse Schools – Anjum Peerbacos - Unconscious Bias; Kemi Oloyede - A Lived Experience of Prejudice; Youlande Harrowell - Empowering BAME Women in Education; Jac Bastian - Diversity Role Models
- Session 5 – Diverse Perspectives Student Panel with Ayah, Simi, Lottie, Ava and Sophie Christophy
- Session 6 – Thank yous, summary and #MyDiverseEdPledge
#DiverseEd Virtual II October 2020
- Full Event
- Session 1 – Diverse Children – Amanda Jane Carter-Philpott - Refugees; Anton Chisholm - The Experience of the Black Student; David Hermitt - Impact of COVID-19 on Children with PC; Nicole Ponsford - Representation; Lisa Stephenson - Diversifying Story: Amplifying Pupil Voices
- Session 2 – Diverse Curriculum – Amardeep Panesar - Cultural Competency; Christopher Richards - Diversity in Textbooks; Laila El-Metoui - Inclusive and Bias Free Curriculum; Sufian Sadiq - Inclusive Curriculum; Partner Speaker - Lyfta - Penny Rabiger
- Session 3 – Diverse Staff – Abena Akuffo-Kelly - Intersectionality; Javay Jeff Welter - Diverse Males in Teaching; Lily Bande - Challenging Inequality and Discrimination; Yamina Bibi - Inclusive Allyship; Partner Speaker - Teaglo - Tasha Fletcher
- Session 4 – Diverse Schools – Andrew Moffat - No Outsiders; Ebanie Xavier-Cope - Dealing with Racism; Jared Cawley - Diverse Schools (LGBTQ+); Sajid Gulzar - Talent Management; Professor Vini Lander - Race, Racism and Diverse Schools
#DiverseEd Virtual I June 2020
- Full Event
- Session 1 – Allana Gay #BAMEed; Alison Kriel #WomenEd; Elizabeth Wright #DisabilityEd; Daniel Tomlinson-Gray #LGBTEd
- Session 2 – Bennie Kara - Diversifying the Secondary Curriculum; Mark Pritchard - Diversifying Personal Develop and Developing Student Agency; Kate Smith - Creating an Ethical Primary Curriculum; Serdar Ferit - Human Stories Using Digital Storytelling
- Session 3 – Naomi Ward - Purposeful Educators; Audrey Pantelis - Smashing Glass and Concrete Ceilings; Patrick Ottley-O'Connor - Inclusive Allyship; Hannah Jepson - Diversifying Recruitment
- Session 4 – Adrian McLean - Visible Role Models; Amy Ferguson - Intersectional Leadership; Dennis Simms - Disruptive Leadership; Kiran Gill - Inclusive Leadership