Inclusive Education in the Arts Conference 2025
About the event
In Warwick’s 60th anniversary year, we reflect on our journey toward inclusivity in the Faculty of Arts. How have we fostered an inclusive experience for all? What are we doing now, and how will we address future challenges? This conference – our third annual event – invited staff, students, and alumni to share experiences, celebrate progress, and shape the Faculty’s next steps. Together, we highlighted successes, identify gaps, and built a collaborative vision for inclusive education.
Details
Tuesday 20 May 2025
13:00-16:00
FAB5.01
Programme
| 13:00 | Welcome by Rachel Moseley, Vice Provost and Chair of Faculty of Arts, and David Lees, Dean of Students |
| 13:10 | Introductory activity - what does inclusion mean to you? |
| Session 1 - Broadening Access and Participation in the Arts (chair - Sharla Peters) | |
| 13:20 | 'Widening Participation and Social Mobility: An Arts Perspective' - Victoria Hill (Widening Participation) |
| 13:30 | 'Seeking Sanctuary in Shakespeare: Inclusive pedagogic practices for refugees and asylum seekers' - Ursula Clayton (English) and Sam Pordale (PAIS) |
| 13:40 | 'Transformations' - Charlotte Pearce (English) and the Transformations Exec (English) |
| 13:50 | Q&A, followed by a 10-minute break |
| Session 2 - Institutional Initiatives and Support for Arts Students (chair - Nadia Samad) |
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| 14:10 | 'Support for language teaching in Classics' - David Fearn (Classics) |
| 14:20 | 'Arts Faculty Best Practice Toolkit Project' - Bing Lu, Nidanyaa Thangavel, Lewis Middleton, Anokhi Khakhria, Nikita Luis, Marni Barlow-Marshall, Ella Davey (Faculty of Arts Office) |
| 14:30 | 'Connect and Collaborate: Arts Student Networks' - Marni Barlow-Marshall, Sacha Hepburn, Sharla Peters, Nidanyaa Thingavel, Katie Todd and Laura Wopara (Faculty of Arts Office) |
| 14:40 | Q&A, followed by a 10-minute break |
| Session 3 - Transforming Teaching Practice in the Arts (chair - Laura Wopara) |
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| 15:00 | 'Inclusive Curriculum & Innovative Assessment: Podcasting LGBTQ+ Figures in Hispanic Studies' - Jorge Sarasola Herrera (SMLC) and Leticia Villamediana Gonzalez (SMLC) |
| 15:10 | 'Co-creating Staff Training Materials for Inclusive Education' - Karoline Schneider (EPQ), Juanita Elias (PAIS) and Yusuf Khalid (History) |
| 15:20 | 'Fostering creative efforts in 'uncreative' backdrops: how to build authentic capacities for alternative assessment' - Romain Chenet (GSD) |
| 15:30 | Q&A |
| 15:40 | 'Where do you, and should you, feel at home in digital spaces? Using the Visitors and Residents method to critically evaluate and creatively respond to barriers to inclusion and empowerment' - the Digital Arts and Humanities LabLink opens in a new window staff and students. |
| 15:55 | Wrap-up by Marta Guerriero, Chair of the Arts Faculty Education Committee |
Asynchronous presentations
'Theatre Education in ShanghaiTech University - a case study of Liberal Arts Education in China' - Shuangshuang Cai (SCAPVC)
'Queering Education: Live Methods to Reshape Knowledge through Art' - Julie Derenne (English)