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Introduction This intervention aims to highlight and engage with cultural diversity in the classroom through an exploration of the different calendars that shape students’ lives. Rather than focusing solely on national holidays, it invites students to share the religious, cultural and personal celebrations that structure their year and influence their experiences of studying at university.…

In this writing, I aim to tackle the existing contradiction rooted in academia where, on the one side, it positions itself as an inclusive environment different from hyper-competitive corporativism. On the other side, as pointed out by Garrett, academia lies on a whiteness invisible structure that shapes a “correct” or “polite” behaviour that usually favours…

For this writing, I borrow the term of hermeneutic injustice, a type of epistemic injustice, coined by Fricker [1] and mentioned in the class material paper by Rekis [2]. In words of Rekis, hermeneutical injustice refers to “having one’s experience rendered unintelligible, either to oneself or to others, on account of a structural prejudice in…

For the second session of our unit Inclusive Practices, there was an interesting discussion around religion and cultures. Basically, the point made was that UAL, a broad international institution who claims to be highly inclusive, the main calendar year and corresponding breaks and holidays are ruled by a Western and Christian calendar. Therefore, Islam, Buddhist,…

From a Latin American – and more in general from a Global South – perspective, it is inevitable to see intersectionality through the lens of socio-economic inequality. One of the footprints of Latin American countries, for example, is the strong correlation between ethnic background and socio economic status [1]. This can be illustrated with the…

Background Given the ubiquitous and unstoppable use of AI for assessments, I am trying to include a core series of oral presentations, in line with recent global pedagogic trends [1],[2]. Last term I implemented a requirement that each student had to present two weekly assessments throughout the term, with a simple 5-minutes presentation at the…

Background We have been awarded a Students Engagement and Experience Fund small grant for running a hackathon called The Most Stupid Hackathon, inviting students from MSc Data Science and AI, MSc Computer Science and MRes Creative Computing. This is thought as an opportunity for students to go beyond the purely funcional or efficiency-related aspects of…

Background I teach a unit called Critical Data Analysis and Representation, for students from MSc Data Science and AI. One of the goals from the unit, is to understand the biases present in datasets, and the fact that power relationships shape which data is used and for what. They have a final project called “The…

For my micro-teaching session I decided to have a hands-on session that would give everyone a touch of what is called Creative Coding. Basically this is the idea that, through programming languages you can easily create interactive artwork, sound, or other arts and media pieces. I decided to frame it on p5js, a programming framework…

This is the review made by Rachel Marsden (Senior Lecturer in Academic Practice) about my teaching practice.