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Leeds Beckett University and Leeds City Council launch Anti-Racist Professional Network for schools
The collaboration between Leeds Beckett University and Leeds City Council will offer professionals from school and college leadership teams free access to the network and community meetings to help share anti-racist knowledge and best practice within the community.
The network will be led by the Centre for Race Education and Decoloniality (CRED), based within Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University, and will be supported by Leeds City Council as part of their commitment to anti-racism in education.
Professor Vini Lander, Director of CRED, said: “We are delighted to have forged a partnership with Leeds City Council to offer a free to access Anti-Racist Professional Network for Senior Leaders in Leeds Schools and colleges.
“Leeds City Council and Leeds Beckett University have a clear ambition to create an anti-racist school and college community. Our work with senior school leaders in Leeds will be an exciting opportunity for all committed to race equity in education and beyond.”
Councillor Jonathan Pryor, Leeds City Council’s executive member for economy, culture and education, said: “We are committed to building a city in which everyone feels safe, valued and that they belong. While this is the case for most education settings in Leeds, we recognise that unfortunately racism and discrimination does still exist.
"Everybody in Leeds has a part to play to challenge racism and prejudice. Ensuring senior leaders in schools and colleges can develop their knowledge and understanding of race and racism in education is an important place to start. We look forward to driving forward this project alongside Leeds Beckett University and seeing the positive impacts it has.”
Through collaboration CRED, alongside Leeds City Council, have created a bespoke offer for all schools and colleges in Leeds, which includes sessions to examine how to challenge racism in all its forms, how to develop anti-racist practices to decolonise the curriculum, and to develop colleagues’ knowledge and understanding of race and racism in education to establish racial equity within schools.
The first session will be an introduction to the network and will take place online on Tuesday, 28 June at 3:30pm.
CRED aims to challenge everyday racism and structural race inequalities in education through research, evidence-based practice, and the professional development of pre-service and in-service teachers nationally and internationally.
If you would like to join the community please email cred@leedsbeckett.ac.uk for more information, and for more information about CRED please visit the website