Cultural Day 2023-2024
I couldn’t be prouder to share our experiences from the 2023-2024 Cultural Day. This annual event has come a long way since its inception in 2021, when our students recognised the need for more...
Tagged: Black Global Majority
With Insight – STEM Black and Global Majority Mentoring 2023
With Insight is an organisation focused on empowering black-heritage students with the confidence, knowledge, and ability to successfully apply to the UK’s leading universities as a gateway to a more prosperous future. Congratulations to...
With Insight Black and Global Majority Mentoring
Oasis Media City students visited the university of manchester to meet the mentors that have been supporting them throughout the academic year. This process was documented by ITV . With Insight is an organisation...
Anti-Racist student ambassadors 2022
Congratulations to our first cohort of anti-racist student ambassadors at Oasis Academy Media City. These students completed an 8-hour course through Wisdom Against Racism focusing on identity, self-worth and how to challenge and disarm...
Using ‘student voice’ to influence change towards an Anti-Racist approach
At Oasis Academy Media city, we have used student voice to influence change within the school. Student voice was collated in various ways; surveys, art and focus groups. I would like to share the...
‘Decolonise the curriculum’ – Sunday Times article
I was involved in the recent Sunday Times article alongside Zoe Thompson and Joe Broadfield discussing the progression made at Oasis Community Learning and the work towards the decolonisation of our curriculum. This is...
Implementing an Anti-racist curriculum within Oasis Community Learning
A snippet of the Inset session launching the Oasis Community Learning Curriculum statement of intent through an Anti-Racist lens.
Anti Racist Education Article – Manchester Evening News
Local coverage in Manchester Evening News, discussing the Anti-Racist education that we have implemented at our school and Oasis Community Learning. The aim is still to make an educational change and inspire schools to take the...
Break the Cycle – Eradicating Racism and white supremacy in education.
Looking forward to speaking at this event, discussing the progress of an Anti racist approach implemented at our school.
An investigation into community cohesion within an inner-city secondary school: Introduction
1.0 Introduction There is an increasing concern in the state of community cohesion within schools in England. Following the announcement of the Brexit referendum results and recent terrorist attacks in the UK mainland,...
Systematic Barriers: Black pupils are three times more likely to get excluded than any other ethnic group
Five years ago, I was disturbed when I researched the statistics of the attainment of Black Caribbean children to find a legacy of underachievement and high levels of exclusion rates in UK public schools. Fast forward to the present day,...
Issues of race in Secondary Education: Breaking through the concrete ceiling
Dwain Brandy Abstract Black Asian Minority Ethnic (abbreviated to BAME) practitioners are disproportionately under-represented in leadership positions in Secondary schools in England. There is a lack of inclusivity within the literature supporting the Distributed...
Black History Month: It’s time to change our approach
The appalling events at St Winefride’s Catholic primary school , where teachers asked children to dress as slaves as part of a Black History Month celebrations is more evidence that we need a new...
Investing in the Diversity of Black and Global Majority Leaders in Schools
The groundbreaking Investing in Diversity training was set up by Rosemary Campbell-Stephens, specifically for practitioners of Black and Global Majority (BGM) heritage. This bespoke leadership programs has been effective due to the personalised approach...
Beyond Black History month: Black and Global Majority (BGM) representation across the curriculum
Representation Matters. Using a range of examples of Black and Global Majority (BGM) role models across all of the subjects taught in schools will contribute towards changing the narrative of cultural stereotypes in education. BGM role models...
Beyond the Implicit Bias test. Strategies for deep rooted diversity and equality in Education
Have you taken the implicit bias test? Follow link: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html The test highlights your personal biases relating to issues such as gender, religion, race, skin colour etc. It is a good introduction for a...
Barriers and limitations: How are you labelled? BAME? BME? Black Asian Minority Ethnic?
BAME is the latest terminology used to summarize ethnic groups in England. The main characteristic that people associated to the BAME group have in common, is that they are non-white British within the UK....
How does unconscious bias affect you?
An example of good practice for encouraging diversity exists at the University of Manchester (University of Manchester, 2016), during the recruitment process they use an Implicit Association Test Beattie (2012), which measures unconscious...
