1. Abertay University

2. Embedding Race Equality/ Internationalising the Curriculum
Andrea Cameron, Head of School of Social and Health Sciences, Intellectual Lead for Teaching and Learning;
Fiona Caldwell, Policy Officer

3. Original Project Objectives
Develop a strategy for embedding race equality in the curricula of all subject disciplines
Identify and disseminate good practice
Teach curricula that reflect the cultural diversity that staff and students do and will live and work in
Use this work to complement strategies to internationalise the curriculum

4. Scoping Exercise Outcomes
Pockets of good practice dependent on subject discipline
Sense from some staff that ‘we already do all of this’
Blind spots
Sensitivities
Limited diversity of the current population
Opportunities for student mobility but some under-utilisation

5. Revised Project Objectives
Review and develop the curriculum in relation to race equality, internationalisation and fostering the Abertay Attributes (Programme Specifications)

6. Revised Project Objectives
Develop CPD activity for staff to enable the delivery of an inclusive pedagogy
Confidence; Capability; Competence; Capacity
Examine student mobility and employability pre- and post-graduation
Evaluate the student experience

7. CPD Excelling, Enhancing & Developing Competence Confidence Capability
Capacity
The 4 Cs = Attributes to be developed
CPD
Online training Workshops Online resources Mentorship

8. Pilot
Key issue – staff competence/capability/confidence/capacity across the institution
Intervention – staff development using ‘Champions’ and a range of internal and external resources
What will this look like:
Workshops – Effective Communication, workload planning, TLE seminars, curriculum review, partnership with Students’ Association
Mentorship
Online training – unconscious bias, HEA/ECU unconscious bias in L&T
Online resources in multimedia format, e.g. case studies, toolkits & HEA/HEI resources.

9. Evaluation and measures
Review of programme specifications
Engagement with workshops and online resources
The student experience – focus groups, module/programme evaluations, other feedback mechanisms, retention, exchange activity, employability data
Output from EIAs
HR training records
Satisfaction surveys

10. Next steps and envisaged obstacles
What would our end goal be?
More evidence of an inclusive pedagogy
Staff members who can bring sensitive issues into their classroom a create dynamic discussion in a safe place which expands students’ horizons
Obstacles?
Resistance to change
Staff awareness
Staff engagement
Competing priorities
Next steps…?
Gather the resources for an online site/ training; arrange the workshops; recruit our champions; find our mentors.