SIG Forum Meeting – Race, Ethnicity and Education
Join the Race, Ethnicity and Education SIG meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG and plans for 2023 and onwards. This meeting will be hosted online, where you...
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Saima Salehjee, Dr
Senior Lecturer in Education with STEM specialism at University of Glasgow
Dr Saima Salehjee is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Glasgow. She is responsible for teaching and research work, particularly on Science Education. Saima has received grants to continue her research with underprivileged children on providing science literacy and developing teacher-researchers in the Further and Higher Education sectors. Her publications, including two books and various peer-reviewed articles, highlight the importance of equity and inclusion of BAME multi-aged women into the culture of science. Moreover, as part of her knowledge exchange activities, she has organised various seminars on equity, equality and diversity and is involved in working groups on the anti-racist curriculum in the UK.
Saima Salehjee's contributions
Autumn 2023
Research Intelligence issue 156: Intersectionality: Teaching & learning in UK schools
Introducing Intersectionality: In conversation with Heidi Safia Mirza
In this episode John Parkin, Mabel Encinas and Saima Salehjee chat to Heidi Safia Mirza, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society. Heidi Mirza achieved prominence with the publication of...
SIG Forum Meeting – Race, Ethnicity and Education
Join the Race, Ethnicity and Education SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2023. This meeting will be hosted...
Envisioning a gold standard: Understanding higher education institutions’ outlook for race equality policies, practices & future initiatives
This event will provide an update on the report, and will be critiqued by a respondent. Delegates will also have the opportunity to ask questions throughout. Although there has been significant...
Envisioning a gold standard: Understanding higher education institutions’ outlook for race equality policies, practices & future initiatives
Although there has been significant progress in developing balanced institutional frameworks to identify and address barriers to Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff and students, such...
Race, Ethnicity and Education
The ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Education Special Interest Group is concerned with these and other related issues. The terms ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity’ are acknowledged as problematic but are...