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On this page we will document some of the events that we are hosting that explore compassion and belonging in higher education.

Screenshot of the Posthumanism and Belonging event on Eventbrite. The text on the image reads: May 19. Posthumanism and Belonging by UAL Teaching, Learning and Employability Exchange. !38 followers. Date and time: Thu, 19 May 2022, 13:00 – 15:00 BST. Registrations are closed Tickets are no longer on sale for this event. If you have registered for an online event you will receive further information and joining links closer to the event date. In the meantime, if you have any questions please email us at teachingexchange@arts.ac.uk Join us on a rhizomatic posthuman adventure into fostering belonging and examining what we can learn from more-than-human teachers. About this event Overview “Fundamental to the culture of belonging is a strong sense of reciprocal connection to the land where one lives, empathic relationship to animals, self-restraint, custodian conservation, deliberateness, balance, expressiveness, generosity, egalitarianism, mutuality, affinity for alternative modes of knowing, playfulness, inclusiveness, nonviolent conflict resolution, and openness to spirit”. Carol Lee Flinders

Posthumanism and Belonging

Thu, 19 May 2022, 13:00 – 15:00 BST

Join us on a rhizomatic posthuman adventure into fostering belonging on Thursday 19th May. Dr Kay Sidebottom will be guiding us in examining what we can learn from more-than-human teachers about nurturing sense of belonging for all. Expect creativity and joy along the way!

This event is part of the Fostering Belonging and Compassionate Pedagogy Academic Enhancement strand, hosted by Liz Bunting and Vikki Hill.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/posthumanism-and-belonging-registration-293041915257

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Belonging, assessment and emotionally literate pedagogies

Thu, 28 April 2022, 11:00 – 12:30 BST

Debbie McVitty will be taking us through her research exploring students experiences of belonging, ‘Belonging inclusion and mental health are all connected’, and opportunities to reimagine assessment sparked by the pandemic, ‘Building back learning and teaching means changing assessment’. We will open up a space to reflect on what emotionally literate pedagogies might look like in policies and practices, and how we might build bridges between the two to nurture cultures of belonging and compassion for all staff and students.

This event is part of the Fostering Belonging and Compassionate Pedagogy Academic Enhancement strand, hosted by Vikki Hill and Liz Bunting.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/belonging-assessment-and-emotionally-literate-pedagogies-registration-320526341917

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Do No Harm: Bringing Compassion, Joy And Social Justice Into Assessment, SRHE

14th June 2022

Dr Jan McArthur and Vikki Hill

In this session, Vikki Hill and Jan McArthur will share the practical application of their research into assessment and social justice, while also considering future paths for further research and nurturing an ongoing conversation about assessment, compassion, joy and social justice. We start, however, from an unexpected place. Rather than simply discussing the enhancement of assessment, we use the medical ethical term of ‘do no harm’ to remind everyone that assessment cannot just be improved, we need to address the fact that current practices do actual harm. They harm student learning, student sense of achievement, personal satisfaction and wellbeing – and they socially do harm if they perpetuate these distorted senses of what actually matters when we engage with knowledge and research.

https://padlet.com/DecoloniseTheArtsCurriculum/DoNoHarm