Inclusion & Diversity
In a blended curriculum, the challenge of equally including all students is even greater than in a face-to-face environment. With this community, we want to increase our understanding of how hybrid learning and inclusion affect each other. By making explicit that students have different backgrounds and various needs. Careful design and management of educational processes is essential to ensure that all students feel included.
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
CoP I&D Collaboration with Stellenbosch University
Several members of the CoP Diversity & Inclusion are engaged in online workshops with partners at Stellenbosch University (SU) as part of this wider collaboration with a focus on inclusion, diversity and internationalization. The Strategic Partnership Framework is an initiative in which the UG strives for closer collaboration with nine renowned and multidisciplinary partner universities from outside Europe. SU is extra important because it is seen as a stepping stone to the rest of the continent, which ties in with the sub-Saharan Africa Strategy of the UG that was launched in June. The first two sessions were held in June and October 2022 on sharing inclusive education practices from both universities and internationalising course design. Summaries are provided here.
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Module 3: Intercultural Group Dynamics - March 24 (online)
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Module 4: The Role of Language - coming soon!
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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