Author
Sean Porter
Sean Porter is Academic Developer (Transformative Education) at the University of Exeter.
4 pieces
Newest first, since June 2020
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How to decolonise the sustainable development agenda
For Sean Porter, sustainability and decolonisation should be connected to meet challenges associated with the climate emergency, inequality, and social justice.
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Student cooperation can help us reclaim “belonging” post-Covid
As we move beyond Covid, we should rethink and re-evaluate the orthodox student experience framework that consistently struggles to address loneliness, isolation, and alienation. Student cooperatives offer insights in ho
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Covid precarity is radicalising a new generation of students
In recent months, a rise in student protest – rent strikes and occupations in particular – suggests that Covid related precarity has radicalised a new generation of students. Autonomous organising and grassroots struggle
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Getting comfortable with direct action
A new cohort of students inspired by the success of BLM will be arriving on our campuses in the coming months. Young people are having a moment with direct action and will be asking a lot more from their SUs when it come