From Equality to Social Justice - the second week of the DSJP Short course
I felt more assured for week 2. Maybe because there were three guest speakers? Or perhaps because the first week started so well. Attendance was strong with almost 50 participants again. We received a lot of positive feedback from participants from the first workshop. Many reported the session as engaging and energising. Workshop 2 invited Prof Laura Cruz from Penn State, Dr Fatima Maatwk from the University of Westminster and Dr Nira Rahman from the University of Melbourne to talk on SSPs they lead in their respective universities as case studies. After which, the participants unpacked the case studies to extract insights and lessons that can be used going forward. Finally, the DSJP team discussed models and approaches to SSPs as a way of populating an SSP glossary and helping outline SSP frameworks. Case Study 1: Dr. Nira Rahman, University of Melbourne Dr. Nira Rahman of the University of Melbourne presented the "Be Heard, Be Here" project, aimed at incorporating student
