Decolonising Higher Education: Deconstructing a higher education course through voices from the Global South


Preeti Dagar, University of Glasgow

In this paper, we deconstruct a master’s programme taught in an elite Russell group university from a decolonial lens and examine the programme through the hegemonic and subaltern approaches to analyse the curriculum, pedagogical approaches, and experiences of the course participants. The programme is an Erasmus Mundus programme, taught in four European countries over two years. Building on empirical research that included semi-structured interviews with nineteen participants from seventeen countries in the Global South, the paper argues that the decolonising efforts of universities should be rooted in the reflection and experiences of those directly affected by them.

Non-presenting author: Bonnie Slade, University of Glasgow

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