Kieran File, Stephanie Schnurr & Marianna Patrick have led on an exciting research project collaborating the University of Warwick and Monash University on groundbreaking research into inclusivity in multicultural cricket teams.

The University of Warwick, in partnership with Monash University, is proud to unveil the findings from an insightful research project addressing inclusivity and cohesion in multicultural cricket teams.

This collaborative project, developed through the Monash Warwick Alliance and spearheaded by Kieran File (The University of Warwick) and Dr Lucas Santos (Monash University), focuses on how multicultural cricket teams, particularly those involving South Asian migrant players,

can foster greater inclusivity.

By examining the behaviours and interactions within these teams, the research provides a deeper understanding of how everyday actions can either foster belonging or perpetuate exclusion.

Dr Kieran File, Principal Investigator at The University of Warwick said, “Our research revealed that many challenges to inclusion in multicultural teams arise from every day, taken-for-granted actions and behaviours. These everyday actions and behaviours can unintentionally lead to exclusion, but when thoughtfully addressed and/or adjusted, they can foster a stronger sense of belonging.

Read more about the project here.

The article is based on his presentation at the IATEFL 2024 conference in Brighton titled "Promoting ELT bottom-up teacher CPD: a case of CoPs in Rwanda." It recounts a success story of a teacher professional development initiative developed and implemented by members of the Association of Teachers of English in Rwanda, which used a bottom-up approach to decentre ELT in an under-resourced context through communities of practice. For more details, you can visit https://www.iatefl.org/resources/iatefl-conference-selections2024-printed-edition. 

Annamaria Pinter is giving an Opening Keynote talk for the joint PCE at IATEFL 2025 In Edinburgh (the YLT SIG, the Global SIG and the Research SIG). The title of the talk is ‘Researching Social Justice in Young Learners Classrooms’.

Emma will take up the post as Course Administration Officer, managing the admin teams for both Applied Linguistics and Education Studies. Emma will be joining us from WMG and will be taking over from Katie Barlow, who leaves at the end of February. Please do come and introduce yourself to Emma!

This was published in November 2024 and is available to purchase here.

A living curriculum as policy for languages education: towards a plurilingual and intercultural orientation/Un curriculum vivant comme politique d'enseignement des langues : vers une orientation plurilingue et interculturelle (Keynote lecture, with Angela Scarino) IALIC 2024: Towards a plurilingual curriculum: fostering pluricultural communication in the digital age. (28-30 November, 2024) Bordeaux, France.