OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
This study interrogated why there are sustained white majorities leading schools across Bristol, a city with 22% of its population from global majority backgrounds. Given that only 8% of Bristol school leaders are racially minoritised, this study generated data to explore how majority white cultures sustained and centralised whiteness. Using Critical Race Theory and Critical Whiteness Studies, the study examined how leaders positioned themselves and assimilated when in white majority school leadership settings. Using 31 interviews with senior leaders, archival material about anti-racist resistance in Bristol and counter stories, the methodological design interrupted and explored patterns of whiteness with mostly white people (N-24). The study specifically utilised the concepts of colour evasion, white innocence and historical deficit frames which continue to influence how racism is understood in schools.
