A World Café took place in the Collaborative Working space as a fun way to share good practice. The topics and presenters were:
Georga Longhurst, Lecturer of Anatomical Sciences, spoke about a research project she has undertaken with Rebecca Beni, MBBS student to look at the anatomy of the clitoris. It was apparent during the research that not only was there a lack of representation of the female in anatomy learning materials with only 9 biological females in 32 textbooks, but there was only 1 biological female of the global majority in the whole of the 32 textbooks.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
Katie Stringer, EDI Officer talked About equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at St George's (sgul.ac.uk) including some of the groups at St George's University including:
- Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group that has responsibility for ensuring that St George’s operates within the legal framework of the Equality Act and monitors the implementation of our equality statement
- Race Equality Action and Engagement Group (REAEG) that supports and monitors the delivery of the Race Equality Review recommendations as well as assessing progress across the agreed actions.
John Hammond, Associate Professor and Healthcare Educator for Social Justice talked about designing learning and teaching including:
- the coin model of privilege (explaining how social structures produce both unearned advantage and disadvantage),
- problem identification,
- nurturing critical thinking skills,
- the need to appraise information from different sources, and
- a reflective approach for personal and professional development.
Critical thinking diagram
Elgin Edison, Students' Union Vice President Education, facilitated discussion around what inclusivity feels like, inviting open and honest sharing about how people feel when they are included.