AfricanSRN

A page on our African Scholars Research Network launched today on #InternationalWomensDay. May it be a force for radical intellectual contributions! Thank you @EMeguid for coordinating this process. qub.ac.uk/Research/Our-p…

📖 Dr Felicity Kalu wrote on "improved access to sustainable job opportunities". Author's pre-print available on pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publication…

Lovely to read the bios of our @AfScholars Councillors at @QUBelfast—some of whom also serve on the @AfSAI3 Council. So proud to work alongside such dedicated and visionary colleagues. ✨ @gift_sotonye @FelicityKalu @NItanyi

African Scholar Association Ireland Excos 2025 afsai.ie/executives/

So pleased that the @QUBSSESW @Athena_SWAN Swann 2025 Lecture - Legitimising Othering, Reproducing Privilege? A Self-Reflexive Account of a ‘New Indian (Hindu)’ Feminist’ - will be delivered by Dr Dhawan (Jadavpur University). 28 May Register: forms.office.com/e/XUQv7jXTdE

Our Network member LeAnne Zarroug (@QUBSSESW), earlier this week @QUBelfast presented her paper titled, “I feel like there’s actually a love for Black women in London whereas in NI…”: Black Female Students Navigating a Predominantly White Sexual Field #HigherEd #Inclusion

A special congratulations to our Network's Dr Felicity Kalu (@QUBSONM @QUBelfast) and Professor Dina Belluigi (@QUBSSESW @QUBMitchell) for their contributions to 'Equity in the Workplace.' Your work advances #Equity in #HigherEd. 👏🏾 #WomenEd #EdChat #HigherEd

We celebrate the launch of 'Equity in the Workplace: Stories of Black Irish Women in Academia and the Teaching Profession,' edited by @EbunJoseph1 of @OfAntiracism. 📖 copies are available here: amzn.eu/d/2NOX5Fz​ @InfoAcsoni @WomenInResIE @QUBelfast #HigherEd

I was thrilled to present my paper titled, “Creating Belonging: A Call to Take Up Space in Northern Ireland’s Higher Education” today at @QUBelfast. My paper addressed necessary reforms to students’ unions, student experience, and our approach to belonging across NI.

As a representative of iRise & a Racial Equity champion, I celebrated Eid at @QUBelfast with staff and students. The University has arranged an engaging and joyful program, actively supporting its Muslim members fostering an environment of inclusivity & cultural appreciation

And we are here at @MicrobioSoc #Microsoc25 Ready to meet both new and old friends @theamrlab

Grateful 4 warm reception by @QUBSSESW colleagues & students our new book 'Emancipatory Imaginations: Advancing #CriticalUniversityStudies' at small gathering today. 👏 @ibrar_bhatt introducing book by re-minding us of contind violences within & by western unis

Call for Applications: @acafafrica, a SAR Regional Coalition partner, is calling for research proposals on the unique challenges #academicfreedom faces in #Africa. Apply by 20 March 2025 for funding up to $10,000! Learn more below:

Congratulations, @gift_sotonye!

@qubschooloflaw Super delighted for this recognition. Thank you to all staff and students @qubschooloflaw and @QUBelfast for the privilege and honour to work and serve in this capacity.

@gift_sotonye @qubschooloflaw @QUBelfast Amazing news, well done and congratulations, @gift_sotonye!

Exciting News from Our School of Law! Many congratulations to staff member Dr Gift Sotonye-Frank, who has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2025 Northern Ireland Hummingbird Awards for Workplace EDI Champion! The Hummingbird Awards celebrate individuals and organisations making a real impact in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) across Northern Ireland. Gift's dedication and hard work in this space have been truly inspiring, and this recognition is a testament to the outstanding contributions she brings to our School. We are incredibly proud of this achievement and look forward to celebrating Gift's success at the awards luncheon on 20th March at Belfast City Hall. Wishing her the very best! #HummingbirdAwards #EDIChampion #ProudMoment #SchoolOfLaw

We're pleased to announce our second keynote speaker for #IOIECR2025 is @LindaOyama who leads the Futures AMR Network. Linda will be discussing the importance of ECRs in finding future-proof solutions for AMR 👩‍🔬 View all of our speakers ➡️ ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/event/ioi-earl…

"It captures a moment when, in exacerbated circumstances, she realised the impossibility of imposing idealised boundaries between her professional and personal life." Whenever the publishers (@UCLpress) dutifully promote this article w this image, I quietly cringe. What a time!

@LindaOyama @Futures_AMR_Net Congratulations, Linda!! 👏🏾 👏🏾

What an honour! Looking forward to speaking and representing @Futures_AMR_Net at this innovative Early Career Researchers Conference #ECR!

Checks to public institution's power. 'Dyantyi and Goliath: Institutional responses to student protests against gender-based violence and violation of procedural rights' by Masiangoako et al of @SERI_RightsSA in the South African Journal on Human Rights.