ONLINE WORKSHOP
How to decolonise your curriculum? Challenges, opportunities and reflections
21 April 2026
The Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) is hosting the Online Workshop ‘How to decolonise your curriculum? Challenges, opportunities and Reflections on 29 April 2026.
This workshop aims to explore the importance of decolonising the curriculum in the current higher education settings across Europe.
Based on practical experience of this work at the University of Galway, Ireland, the workshop will be centred on the methodological and practical challenges of this work.
The first part of the workshop will be focused on exploring the conceptual understanding of the topic, followed by practical examples and exercises applicable to participants’ experiences and work. The facilitator will guide the conversation by showing practical examples and tools developed to support the work of academic staff at the University of Galway, and by providing space for individual and group reflection.
Challenges and opportunities for doing this work will be explored during this session, with the intention of examining the institutional, disciplinary, and individual similarities and differences when exposed to this subject matter.
No previous knowledge or experience on the subject matter is required; however, participants are asked to be open-minded and willing to engage with the topic in a dialogical and respectful manner.
Online Workshop
‘How to decolonise your curriculum?
challenges, opportunities and reflections’
Date
29 April 2026
Time
10h00 – 12h00 BST
Mode
Online
Platform
MS Teams
Target group
Students, supervisors, university teachers
Previous knowledge required
No previous knowledge is required. However, the workshop requires participants to be willing to reflect upon their individual, disciplinary and institutional approaches towards knowledge, by being open to questions, such as: What is knowledge? Who possesses knowledge? How is knowledge produced? Which and whose knowledge is present in higher education institutions?
It will focus on:
- Introducing ideas around decolonising curriculum;
- ‘Digging’ into concepts of decolonising and the reasons behind it;
- Exploring the widened idea of the curriculum;
- What is epistemic justice?
- Provide an opportunity for individual and group reflection on the topic;
- Looking for challenges and opportunities of engaging in this area of work.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the concept of decolonising the curriculum
- Reflect, individually and in groups, on curriculum design and delivery
- Engage in ongoing conversations in this area
Hosted by
TUS, Ireland