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Facilitate d and chaired by: Dr Dylan Williams who is the co-convenor of the Multilingual University Network. For more detai ls about the network and its activities\, please click here .

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Overview

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Linguistic\, cultural\, and epistemic diver sity is an increasingly important concern for high er education researchers\, educators\, and practit ioners working in multilingual and internationalis ed university contexts. This event brings together three complementary perspectives on inclusion\, e xploring how universities can recognise diverse kn owledge\, languages\, identities\, and experiences while creating more equitable learning environmen ts.

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The event opens wit h Dr Tippu Sheriff\, whose presentation\, Making Diversity Count: Fixing the Leaky Pipeline \, examines the underrepresentation of m inority and marginalised scientists within chemica l sciences curricula. Drawing on an RSC-funded cro ss-institutional project\, he will demonstrate how inclusive curriculum resources and diverse scient ific role models can challenge established represe ntations and contribute to addressing the “leaky p ipeline” into postgraduate study and academic care ers.

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Dr Jennifer J. Mac Donald will then explore Supporting Linguistic Diversity in Englis h-Medium Instruction (EMI) Contexts via the Univer sal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework. Her presentation conside rs how UDL can support multilingual learners by em bedding flexibility into EMI course design and mov ing beyond deficit-based approaches to language su pport.\n \n

Finally\, Dr Sar ah Hopkyns’ presentation\, Whose University? Language\, Belonging and Decoloniality in Multilingual Higher Education \, examines how language\, identity\, and university spaces shape students’ sense of belonging. Drawing on research from the UAE\, she considers the dominance of Eng lish and the potential for translanguaging and dec olonial approaches to create more inclusive multil ingual environments.

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To gether\, the presentations highlight the interconn ected dimensions of curriculum representation\, li nguistic inclusion\, belonging\, and decoloniality \, fostering dialogue and collaboration towards mo re equitable and inclusive higher education.

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Schedule

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15:30 – 16:00

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\n 14:00 – 14:05 \n	\n < span style="color:#000000\;">SRHE welcome and hous ekeeping. < /span> \n \n Introduction and o verview of the session: Dr Dylan Williams \n
\n ~~14:05 – 14:20~~ \n	\n Dr Tippu Sheriff: < /b>Making Diversity Count: Fixing the Le aky Pipeline \n
\n < span style="color:#000000\;">14:20 – 14:35< /span> \n	\n Dr Jennifer J. MacDo nald: Supportin g Linguistic Diversity in English-Medium Instructi on (EMI) Contexts via the Universal Design for Lea rning (UDL) Framework< /span> \n
\n 14:35 – 14:5 0 \n	\n Dr Sarah Ho pkyns: Whose Un iversity? Language\, Belonging and Decoloniality i n Multilingual Higher Education \n
\n 14 :50 – 15:00 \n	\n Comfort break \n
\n < p>15:00 – 15:30 \n	\n Discussio n led by: Dr Ibrar Bhatt\, Dr Sal Consoli a nd Dr Zhen Li (李蓁) \n
\ n Q&A chaired by: Dr Dylan Williams \n

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To view the full abstracts\, click on the file in the Reso urces section below.

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Speaker bios

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Dr Tippu Sheriff is a Reader in Chemistry Education & Inorganic Chemistry at Queen Mary University of London. F ellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and chartered chemist (CChem). Member of the Society of the Chemical Industry. RSC Eastern Regional St eering Group and Essex and East London Section as the university representative. Outreach coordinat or (2010-2020) and Director of Teaching and Learni ng (2019-2025). Current Director of the Centre for Academic Inclusion in Science and Engineering (CA ISE) and lead on activities to promote inclusive c urricula in STEM across in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Member of the Race Equality Actio n Group (REAG) of the university. Educational scho larship activities are in inclusive curriculum des ign in the chemical sciences and the lead on an RS C funded project to develop an inclusive UG curric ulum toolkit with Imperial College London and the University of Greenwich. Research interests in dio xygen activation and in situ hydrogen peroxide gen eration and their applications in bleaching and se lective oxidation.

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Dr Jennifer J. MacDonald is a Canadian educator\, academic\, and consultant whose work revolves around topics at th e intersection of English for Academic Purposes\, English-Medium Instruction\, critical applied ling uistics\, and the internationalization of higher e ducation. She has twenty-five years’ experience in teaching and leadership roles in the language edu cation sectors in Canada\, Europe\, South America and Asia. She is currently Director of Academic Pa rtnerships at Languages Canada and sits on the boa rd of EduNova and TESL Nova Scotia. Her books incl ude Academic Inquiry 1\, Sentences and Paragraphs (with Marcia Kim\, Oxford University Press\, 2017) and Pedagogies in English for Academic Purposes: Teaching and Learning in International Contexts (c o-edited with Carole MacDiarmid\, Bloomsbury\, 202 1).

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Dr Sarah Hopkyn s is an Assistant Professor at the University of St An drews and University College London. Sarah is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the St Andrews Journal of International and Lan guage Education (SAJILE) and the Deputy Director o f the Centre for International and Language Educat ion Research (CILTER) at the University of St Andr ews. She has previously taught in the U nited Arab Emirates\, Canada\, and Japan. Her research interests incl ude language\, identity and belonging \, language policy\, translingual practice\, linguistic ethnography\, l inguistic landscapes and English-medium instruction (EMI). She has published widely in journals such as Asian Englishes\, Language and Intercultural Communication\, L inguistics and Education\, Multilingua\, System\, and World Englishes\, and has contributed chapters to edited volumes. Sarah is author of The Impact of Global English on Cultural Identities in the UA E (Routledge\, 2020) and Decoloniality in Multilin gual University Spaces (Cambridge University Press \, 2026) and co-editor of Linguistic Identities in the Arab Gulf States (Routledge\, 2022).

DESCRIPTION:Facilitated and chaired by: Dr Dylan Williams who is the co-convenor of the Multilingual University Network. For more details about the network and it s activities\, please click here. \n \n \n \n Over view\n \n \n \n Linguistic\, cultural\, and episte mic diversity is an increasingly important concern for higher education researchers\, educators\, an d practitioners working in multilingual and intern ationalised university contexts. This event brings together three complementary perspectives on incl usion\, exploring how universities can recognise d iverse knowledge\, languages\, identities\, and ex periences while creating more equitable learning e nvironments.\n \n \n \n The event opens with Dr Ti ppu Sheriff\, whose presentation\, Making Diversit y Count: Fixing the Leaky Pipeline\, examines the underrepresentation of minority and marginalised s cientists within chemical sciences curricula. Draw ing on an RSC-funded cross-institutional project\, he will demonstrate how inclusive curriculum reso urces and diverse scientific role models can chall enge established representations and contribute to addressing the “leaky pipeline” into postgraduate study and academic careers.\n \n \n \n Dr Jennife r J. MacDonald will then explore Supporting Lingui stic Diversity in English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Contexts via the Universal Design for Learning (U DL) Framework. Her presentation considers how UDL can support multilingual learners by embedding fle xibility into EMI course design and moving beyond deficit-based approaches to language support.\n \n \n \n Finally\, Dr Sarah Hopkyns’ presentation\, Whose University? Language\, Belonging and Decolon iality in Multilingual Higher Education\, examines how language\, identity\, and university spaces s hape students’ sense of belonging. Drawing on rese arch from the UAE\, she considers the dominance of English and the potential for translanguaging and decolonial approaches to create more inclusive mu ltilingual environments.\n \n \n \n Together\, the presentations highlight the interconnected dimens ions of curriculum representation\, linguistic inc lusion\, belonging\, and decoloniality\, fostering dialogue and collaboration towards more equitable and inclusive higher education.\n \n \n \n Schedu le\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 14:00 – 14:05 \n \n \n \n \n SRHE welcome and housekeep ing. \n \n \n \n Introduction and overview of t he session: Dr Dylan Williams\n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n 14:05 – 14:20\n \n \n \n \n Dr Tippu Sheriff: Making Diversity Count: Fixi ng the Leaky Pipeline\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 14:20 – 14:35\n \n \n \n \n Dr Je nnifer J. MacDonald: Supporting Linguistic Diversi ty in English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Contexts vi a the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framewor k\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 14:35 – 14:5 0\n \n \n \n \n Dr Sarah Hopkyns: Whose U niversity? Language\, Belonging and Decoloniality in Multilingual Higher Education\n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n 14:50 – 15:00\n \n \n \n \n Comfort break\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 15:00 – 15:30\n \n \n \n \n Discuss ion led by: Dr Ibrar Bhatt\, Dr Sal Consoli and Dr Zhen Li (李蓁)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 15:30 – 16:00\n \n \n \n \n Q&A chaired b y: Dr Dylan Williams\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n To view the full abstracts\, click on the file in the Resources section below. \n \n \n \n Speak er bios \n \n \n \n Dr Tippu Sheriff is a Reader i n Chemistry Education & Inorganic Chemistry at Que en Mary University of London. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and chartered chemist (CChem). Member of the Society of the Chemical In dustry. RSC Eastern Regional Steering Group and Es sex and East London Section as the university repr esentative. Outreach coordinator (2010-2020) and Director of Teaching and Learning (2019-2025). Cur rent Director of the Centre for Academic Inclusion in Science and Engineering (CAISE) and lead on ac tivities to promote inclusive curricula in STEM ac ross in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Me mber of the Race Equality Action Group (REAG) of t he university. Educational scholarship activities are in inclusive curriculum design in the chemical sciences and the lead on an RSC funded project to develop an inclusive UG curriculum toolkit with I mperial College London and the University of Green wich. Research interests in dioxygen activation an d in situ hydrogen peroxide generation and their a pplications in bleaching and selective oxidation. \n \n \n \n Dr Jennifer J. MacDonald is a Canadian educator\, academic\, and consultant whose work r evolves around topics at the intersection of Engli sh for Academic Purposes\, English-Medium Instruct ion\, critical applied linguistics\, and the inter nationalization of higher education. She has twent y-five years’ experience in teaching and leadershi p roles in the language education sectors in Canad a\, Europe\, South America and Asia. She is curren tly Director of Academic Partnerships at Languages Canada and sits on the board of EduNova and TESL Nova Scotia. Her books include Academic Inquiry 1\ , Sentences and Paragraphs (with Marcia Kim\, Oxfo rd University Press\, 2017) and Pedagogies in Engl ish for Academic Purposes: Teaching and Learning i n International Contexts (co-edited with Carole Ma cDiarmid\, Bloomsbury\, 2021). \n \n \n \n Dr Sara h Hopkyns is an Assistant Professor at the Univers ity of St Andrews and University College London. S arah is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the St Andrews J ournal of International and Language Education (SA JILE) and the Deputy Director of the Centre for In ternational and Language Education Research (CILTE R) at the University of St Andrews. She has previo usly taught in the United Arab Emirates\, Canada\, and Japan. Her research interests include languag e\, identity and belonging\, language policy\, tra nslingual practice\, linguistic ethnography\, ling uistic landscapes and English-medium instruction ( EMI). She has published widely in journals such as Asian Englishes\, Language and Intercultural Comm unication\, Linguistics and Education\, Multilingu a\, System\, and World Englishes\, and has contrib uted chapters to edited volumes. Sarah is author o f The Impact of Global English on Cultural Identit ies in the UAE (Routledge\, 2020) and Decolonialit y in Multilingual University Spaces (Cambridge Uni versity Press\, 2026) and co-editor of Linguistic Identities in the Arab Gulf States (Routledge\, 20 22).\n \n CATEGORIES:Conference CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T140000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T160000 LOCATION:Online event\, link will be provided\n URL:https://srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=809 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR