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equality & diversity, race, sexism

Interesting resources, Jan 2022 #sexism, #talk, #Anti-Racist Toolkit.

Posted on 21 January 2022 by Paul Brennan

Here are a few interesting (and triggering) events, articles and resources that I have read about recently. A talk and an event A very interesting talk at Cardiff University from […]

equality & diversity, Students

Micro-aggressive behaviour

Posted on 29 November 2021 by Paul Brennan

Chester Middlebrook Pierce described microaggressions as “subtle, stunning and often automatic non-verbal exchanges which are put-down”. They are forms of everyday oppression that tend to go unseen and unacknowledged. Sometimes […]

Conferences, equality & diversity, race

Resources for HEIW workshop

Posted on 27 November 2020 by Paul Brennan

Two starting points: GMC Ethical Hub https://www.gmc-uk.org/ethical-guidance/ethical-hubBMA advice on Discrimination and harassment (includes a link to BMA Charter on Racial Harassment) https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/discrimination-and-harassment More reading: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ – Ways You Can HelpRacial Injustice: Medicine […]

equality & diversity, Students

Sources of help at Cardiff University

Posted on 30 September 2020 by Paul Brennan

If you experience harassment, please consider the following: Get to safety and seek support Keep a recordChallenge behaviour, if safe to do soReport behaviour and complain, if you feel safe to do so. […]

 
Things to share during Zoom Play Session

Things to share during Zoom Play Session

Posted on 29 September 2020 by Paul Brennan

Screen sharing White board is in Screen sharing. Annotate with text, drawings, etc Save screen- button on right of Annotate Clear annotations – host can clear own, others, all… Can […]

Inspired by bilingual assessment

Inspired by bilingual assessment

Posted on 28 July 2020 by Paul Brennan

Dw i’n eisiau rannu cyfrif o asesiad dwyieithog. I want to share an account of a bilingual assessment. Last year, I was asked by Awen Iorwerth if I would consider […]

Dean of Medicine’s statement on racism

Posted on 3 June 2020 by Paul Brennan

‘If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor’ – Desmond Tutu Today the Dean of Medicine, Professor Steve Riley, has released a […]

A year of Liberating Structures in Education

A year of Liberating Structures in Education

Posted on 20 May 2020 by Paul Brennan

It’s just over a year since I attended my first Cardiff LS Meet Up and saw what could be achieved by Liberating Structures. Since, I have used LS with staff, […]

Three new Liberating Structures for me…

Three new Liberating Structures for me…

Posted on 1 November 2019 by Paul Brennan

This week I was part of a Liberating Structures Immersion Workshop in London. It was held at Happy Ltd and was a very interesting couple of days. In order to […]

Using Liberating Structures to discuss email

Posted on 28 June 2019 by Paul Brennan

Yesterday, during the Centre for Medical Education Staff Development Day, we discussed email. We used two Liberating Structures: 25/10 Crowd Sourcing to generate ideas and then 15% Solutions to identify […]