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Facilitating change in higher education: a reflective journey towards decolonisation and creating belonging.

McGarvey-Gill, Che (2026) Facilitating change in higher education: a reflective journey towards decolonisation and creating belonging. Social Work Education . ISSN 0261-5479

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Official URL: https://www.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2026.2744286

Abstract

This paper offers a personal and reflective account of a social work lecturer critically considering the learning experiences of racialized minority students in higher education (HE) in a UK university. It considers how pedagogy should be examined critically and suggests that knowledge from other cultures should be embedded in the learning. Several themes are explored, including sense of belonging, decolonization of the curriculum, the use of empathy in education, and allyship.


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