Dedicated towards Race Equality and Diversity in Education
In response to the growing demand for structures to address racism and promote racial literacy in educational environments, various schools have sought effective tools to initiate meaningful change. One such tool gaining traction is...
Interview with Dwain Brandy discussing strategies used to decolonise the curriculum at Oasis Community Learning
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...
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...
A snippet of the Inset session launching the Oasis Community Learning Curriculum statement of intent through an Anti-Racist lens.
The Why The National Curriculum is framed in an Anglo centric perspective, where victors and ‘pioneers’ have written the history and defined the narrative in all subjects. Consequently, this has resulted in the ‘racial...
Following the feedback from our staff anti-racism training, we have produced a ‘racism interrupters’ help script laminated into cards to fit into staff lanyards along with a ‘restorative conversations’ help script. The aim is...
Following the Oasis Community Learning, Break The Cycle conferences earlier this year (see Session 1 and Session 2), saw the launch of an aspirational plan with the aim of implementing an anti-racist approach at...
Interview with Dwain Brandy from the OCL Break the cycle seminar, discussing practical solutions towards an Anti-racist curriculum.
First Generation Black British (1960s – 1970s) The British Educational System has had a legacy of systematically failing black children (Richardson, 2007; Gillborn, 2008). This is my personal account of how institutionalised racism has...
