Inclusion & Diversity
Having effective communication skills to address diverse partners will increase success in both teaching and learning. Our community of Practice on inclusion and diversity focuses on increasing awareness and acquiring the skills necessary to communicate in this diverse society. Our students have different background and various needs; therefore careful design and management of educational processes is essential to ensure that all students feel included.
Our goal is to build a community of teachers, connecting them and sharing ideas and strategies on how to make our classrooms and lessons more diverse, inclusive and equitable.
See the Education Festival 2024 Poster.
Keep an eye on the events calendar to see what our community is working on and join our future Lunch&Learn, Drinks&Discuss sessions!
Meet some of the CoP members
Meet our members
Estelle Meima MA (she/her)
Curriculum Developer
Expertise: Internationalization of Higher education, inclusive international classrooms, English as a second language, EQUIPPING.
Email: e.j.meima rug.nl
Carole Fuller, MA (she/her)
English Language & Linguistics
Specializations: English as a Second Language, English for Academic Purposes, inclusive international classrooms
Email: c.e.fuller rug.nl
Dr. Iain Johnston-White
Education Advisor - Educational Support & Innovation (ESI)
Expertise: Course design, blended & active learning, ESI “embedded expert” at the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Philosophy.
Email: i.e.johnston-white rug.nl
Rina Fokel de Vries, MSc, MA, SF HEA (they/them)
Educational Development Officer Diversity and Inclusion
Expertise: Internationalisation of higher education, inclusive teaching and learning, and intercultural communication in the international classroom.
Email: r.f.de.vries rug.nl
Dr. Līga Kļaviņa
The founding Chair of this Community of Practice, Lecturer/Researcher at Department of Psychology
Expertise: Intergroup prejudice and gender, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in teaching and learning, academic learning communities, beginning teacher professionalization.
Email: l.klavina rug.nl
Dr. Mando Rachovitsa
Assistant professor in International Law, Faculty of Law
Expertise: International law, human rights law, law & tech, Third World approaches.
Email: a.rachovitsa rug.nl
Sepideh Yousefzadeh
Campus Fryslan
Expertise: Decolonizing classroom and education, emotional wellbeing, diversity and intersectionality.
Email: s.yousefzadeh rug.nl
Dr. Charlotte Knowles
Assistant professor in Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy
Expertise: Feminist philosophy, phenomenology, complicity, responsibility, freedom.
Email: c.e.knowles rug.nl
Dr. Julia Martínez-Ariño
Comparative Study of Religion
Expertise: Sociology of religion, secularism, religious diversity, urban religion, nonreligion and apostasy.
Email: j.martinez.arino rug.nl
Collaborations
The Inclusive Teacher
The Inclusive Teacher is an e-learning course that is being developed in Brightspace. It will offer self-paced training for university teachers on topics such as Inclusive Course Design, Inclusive Pedagogy, Inclusive Group Work and Inclusive Assessment. Teachers can work towards a certificate or badge. For more information about the project or how to participate, please contact: r.f.de.vries@rug.nl. Piloting of the first units will start in May 2024.
EQUIPPING ourselves and each other: Inclusive teaching and learning in diverse classrooms
Teaching and learning in multicultural and international classrooms can be challenging, and sometimes we are not always aware of the range of diversity present in our classrooms. The EQUiiP programme aims to make these challenges concrete and turn them into opportunities by integrating an inclusive and international dimension into teaching practices. Participating in this programme will enable you to use the diversity in backgrounds of our students more effectively as a potential resource for teaching and learning. Read more here.
Podcast series: The Student Journey
In the three-part podcast series 'The Student Journey', students from the UG, Hanzehogeschool and NHL/Stenden discuss why they chose to study at an international university/college and what it means to be an international student. Listen here.
Flowchart
Find out more about what the Community of Practice Inclusion and Diversity are currently working on. Read the Flowchart
White Paper
Discover the key findings of the current research on blended learning for inclusivity.
Read the White Paper
More information & participation
Do you have a question or would you like to actively participate in this community? Please reach out to the contact person, Estelle Meima, through e.j.meima rug.nl.
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