Resources and links
Sydney Resources and links
Sydney projects on diversity issues
Other resources and links
Annual Conferences
Sydney resources and links
Synergy
(Issue
26: November 2007): This special issue of the ITL's regular publication
has a focus on diversity. This issue fulfils the ITL's usual aim of highlighting
teaching and learning in relation to the University of Sydney's 45,000
demographically and culturally diverse students. It highlights examples
of excellence in reflective, innovative and inclusive teaching practice,
with a strong research base. There is a particular focus on Indigenous
teaching, learning and research supervision.
Staff and
Student Equal Opportunity Unit
This unit
works with the University community
to promote equal opportunity in education and employment, to create
opportunities for traditionally disadvantaged staff and students, and
to create an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.
Sydney projects on diversity issues
Staff of the University of Sydney are engaged in research and development projects in teaching and learning at individual, faculty, institutional and national level. Many of these projects have a focus on diversity issues and we list just a few of them below. Others are described in Synergy (see above).
Embedding the Development of Intercultural Competence in Business
Education
Project Leader: Associate Professor Mark Freeman
Partner Institutions: University of New South Wales; University of South Australia; Queensland University of Technology
Funding: $184,000 in 2006 from the Carrick Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
This project aims to develop the competence of Business graduates in valuing cultural differences, comunicating easily across diverse cultures and acquiring the range of skills and knowledge needed to conduct business globally. For an account of the project’s conceptual framework, see Treleaven, L. et al. (2007) Beyond Workshops: A Cultural Framework for Embedding Development of Intercultural Competence in Business Education. HERDSA News (December), 9-12. Click here to download (pdf format).
Inclusive Equity: A fair go for all students
This qualitative study of student equity in the Faculty of Arts focused
on the experiences both of students and staff, and identified positive
approaches for dealing with inequity and with overcoming disadvantage.
The research was supported by a Teaching Improvement Grant, and led
to a collection of vignettes of the experiences of students themselves,
which are presented on an interactive website.
Research team: Dr Yasuko Claremont, Dr Fredericka van der Lubbe, Dr William
Renner.
Other resources
- University of Queensland’s Cultural Diversity and Inclusive Practice Project
- Flinders University’s Cultural Diversity and Inclusive Practice Toolkit
- Flinders University’s Inclusive Curriculum Checklist
- University of Western Australia’s The Citizens of the Globe: Race and Cultural Diversity Resource Manual
- University of Melbourne’s Culturally Inclusive Social Events: Guidelines for Good Practice.
- UNSW website on Drawing on and Responding to Diversity
- Alan Olsen, (2001). Diversity and Inclusivity in Teaching and Learning and Student Services in Australia. Strategy Policy and Research in Education
- From the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT), University of Michigan:
- Guidance for UM Instructors Leading Class Discussions on the Tragedy of September 11, 2001.
- Guidance for Instructors concerning Class Discussions about War in Iraq.
- Diversityweb: the Association of American Universities and Colleges (AAUC)'s online resource for 'practitioners seeking to place diversity at the center of the academy's educational and societal mission'
- From the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University:
- Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom
- Tips for Teachers: Teaching in racially diverse college classrooms
- Society for Values in Higher Education (SVHE) with a link to the Democracy Project (USA)
Annual Conferences
Listed below are a selection of recurring conferences that revolve around the themes of diversity and higher education:
The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations: Annual International Conference on Diversity
Annual Australian International
Education Conference
The World Indigenous Peoples Conference
on Education (WIPC:E)
Triennial Conference on World Indigenous Education
Annual
Indigenous Higher Education Conference
Convened by The Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council