Abstract
Northern Ireland's higher education landscape is vastly changing. The demographic of today's learner – and educator – is shifting too. As NI actively recruits students from a global community, noticeable efforts to improve student experience have been introduced to foster a greater sense of community and inclusion. In this paper, I share my insight and experience as a Black, queer, international politico-historical scholar of intersectionality and identity, and former sabbatical officer and community advocate to critically examine the concepts of belonging and student experience. I engage a pragmatic intersectional approach to challenge the role of the traditional students' unions and offer practical recommendations to protect and refine the experience of ethnic minority learners in Northern Ireland.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 02 Apr 2025 |
| Event | Let's Not Talk About Racism: Why it is hard to talk about and how this affects society in Northern Ireland - Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 01 Apr 2025 → 02 Apr 2025 https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentrefortheStudyofEthnicConflict/Events/Letsnottalkaboutracism.html |
Conference
| Conference | Let's Not Talk About Racism |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Belfast |
| Period | 01/04/2025 → 02/04/2025 |
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Keywords
- student experience
- race equality
- Northern Ireland
- inclusion
- belonging
- higher education
- students' unions
