Writing
Everything I have written about seminars, module design and Mind the Gap. Newest first, and nothing here is behind a sign-in.
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Higher Education
What happened to Jason Arday should not end with solidarity. On the conditions that decide whose excellence is questioned, and whose mistakes are forgiven.
Race Equality
Silence should never be mistaken for indifference. On the arguments Reform politics has made respectable, and what they ask people of colour to give up.
Medical Education
A Voice of Islam Radio conversation on preparing doctors for communities rich in culture and faith. Most students manage tolerance; understanding is harder.
Race Equality
What we are witnessing recently is an erosion of respect for people who are not white, alongside a growing boldness in expressing views that, to many of us, read as plainly racist. A current example is the comments made by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, in which he said the UK has been “colonised by immigrants”. In my view, treating language like that as anything other than racist, or at the very least racially inflammatory, minimises real harm and can feel like gaslighting.
Interview
A Voice of Islam Radio interview on what lived experience teaches institutions that policy alone misses, and on turning listening into concrete change.
Race Equality
Semenyo’s experience at the match on Friday 15 August 2025 was not an isolated incident, but rather a stark reminder of the racism many of us endure in our daily lives. The public outcry that followed from commentators, pundits, football organisations, and the wider community was loud and damning. Yet, for many of us, these statements feel hollow. They are words of condemnation that, in practice, rarely translate into meaningful change. Too often, those quick to denounce such incidents in public have ignored or minimised them in the past. My lived experience tells me that many white people do not view racism as a pressing problem simply because they have never and will never experience it and therefore does not directly affect them, their families, or their immediate circles.
That is everything so far: 6 posts. New ones go up during term, usually after a session that taught me something.