Antiracist Teaching in Culture and Creative Arts: Practical strategies

10am - 12.30pm, Monday 15th September

Researcher Development Suite, ARC, UofG

The SCCA EDI committee is delighted to announce this training and workshop session, open to all academic staff in Culture and Creative Arts, and led by Dr Udeni Wijayasiri.

Book your place on Eventbrite here: Antiracist Teaching Workshop

 

Workshop outline

 

Join us at the start of the new academic year, for an interactive and practical training session which will help you to provide better teaching and supervision for your students of colour.

 

The session will explore:

 

  • Key concepts in relation to your role in teaching and supervision, including anti-racism; white privilege and intersectionality. You will learn about how these concepts apply to your role as teacher and supervisor.

 

  • Tools and techniques for teaching and supervision, including how to spot when your student is not coping; how to deal with fears of “getting it wrong”; resources for understanding more about anti-racism. 

 

The session will be a mixture of presentation and small group discussion. There will be the opportunity to share best practice and what you have found works within your discipline or subject area.

 

This will be a supportive session, in which you should feel able to bring any questions or concerns to the table. Udeni will offer 1:1 follow-ups for workshop participants via Teams, for confidential and tailored advice.

 

 

Speaker Biography

 

Dr Udeni Wijayasiri is an academic researcher in the field of entrepreneurship, family firms, migration, race and gender, having worked at the Universities of Keele, Lincoln, Bristol, and Manchester. She has been involved in activist networks, and university-led equalities groups, such as the Race Equality Charter and Athena Swan.

 

Her teaching experience includes the design and implementation of inclusive pedagogies for academic, student and Executive Education programmes during roles at Kings College London and Keele University.

 

Her external positions have included EDI Consultant to the Future Leader Fund Development Network. Her most recent researcher development role was as a Programme Manager for the ESRC Research Leaders Network, where she was responsible for designing a leadership programme for 200 ESRC-funded senior-career academics.

 

Prior to her academic career, she was a senior manager at large, global organisations such as IBM, Deloitte Consulting and Leonard Cheshire Disability. She brings extensive consultancy and management experience to her academic roles.

 

First published: 21 August 2025

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Book your place on Eventbrite here: Antiracist Teaching Workshop