BAICE CONFERENCE 2024

Transgression and transformation: (re)bordering education in times of conflict & crises

University of Sussex

3rd – 5th SEPTEMBER 2024

Recent Blog Posts

  • A richly detailed hand-drawn illustration summarising the PhD@CAM research project, titled "PhD@CAM: What it Takes, Breaks & Makes". The image is organised around a central oval depicting a world map, surrounded by thematic sections. To the left, "Enablers" include a caring college community, scholarship, supportive supervisors, cutting-edge facilities, and professional networks. Also on the left, "Notions of Success" are described as relational, evolving constructs involving growing knowledge and a maturing disposition. The central section depicts experiences of Global Southern identities, including logistical barriers, visa challenges, cultural differences, discrimination, and contrasting positive experiences of safety, solidarity, and agentic meaning-making. To the right, "Challenges" include lack of representation, institutional rigidity, financial strain, imposter syndrome, isolation, and grief. "Recommendations for the university" include supportive spaces, mental health support, and unconscious bias training. "Recommendations for students" include building friend networks, understanding academic norms, and prioritising self-care. Flags representing various Global South countries appear at the bottom centre. Illustrated by Seekan Hui

    Rethinking Doctoral Success in UK Higher Education: Insights from Global South Student Experiences

    By

    Surya Pratap Deka

    ,

    Nikita Jha

    and

    Nidhi Singal

  • large globe on a desk

    Area Studies in Chinese Universities (2011-2025): Borders, Silent Borrowing, and Chinese Epistemology

    By

    Charlene Song

  • Israeli checkpoint block in the West Bank

    Knowledge, Partnerships, and Learning Under Scholasticide

    By

    We'am Hamdan

  • empty classroom

    When Silence Is Misread: Culture, Compliance, and Voice in Diverse Classrooms

    By

    Gifty Kwaofio

  • Traveller wagons

    When Inclusion Depends on Performance: What Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students reveal about knowledge mobilisation in higher education

    By

    Jethro Shirley-Smith

  • Wind farm in a semi-arid rural setting

    ‘How do we know who to believe?’: Indian secondary students navigating misinformation on climate change

    By

    Nidhi Singal

    and

    Camilla Hadi Chaudhary

  • Rural Sindh, Pakistan

    Between belonging and distance; positionality and critical reflexivity in rural Sindh

    By

    Camilla Hadi Chaudhary

  • A digital painting depicting an influencer facing a moral crossroads, with symbols of online fame like glowing phone screens and social media icons.

    The Influencer’s Dilemma

    By

    David Turner

  • A richly detailed hand-drawn illustration summarising the PhD@CAM research project, titled "PhD@CAM: What it Takes, Breaks & Makes". The image is organised around a central oval depicting a world map, surrounded by thematic sections. To the left, "Enablers" include a caring college community, scholarship, supportive supervisors, cutting-edge facilities, and professional networks. Also on the left, "Notions of Success" are described as relational, evolving constructs involving growing knowledge and a maturing disposition. The central section depicts experiences of Global Southern identities, including logistical barriers, visa challenges, cultural differences, discrimination, and contrasting positive experiences of safety, solidarity, and agentic meaning-making. To the right, "Challenges" include lack of representation, institutional rigidity, financial strain, imposter syndrome, isolation, and grief. "Recommendations for the university" include supportive spaces, mental health support, and unconscious bias training. "Recommendations for students" include building friend networks, understanding academic norms, and prioritising self-care. Flags representing various Global South countries appear at the bottom centre. Illustrated by Seekan Hui

    Rethinking Doctoral Success in UK Higher Education: Insights from Global South Student Experiences

  • large globe on a desk

    Area Studies in Chinese Universities (2011-2025): Borders, Silent Borrowing, and Chinese Epistemology

  • Israeli checkpoint block in the West Bank

    Knowledge, Partnerships, and Learning Under Scholasticide

  • empty classroom

    When Silence Is Misread: Culture, Compliance, and Voice in Diverse Classrooms

  • Traveller wagons

    When Inclusion Depends on Performance: What Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students reveal about knowledge mobilisation in higher education

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