{"id":143823,"date":"2022-09-14T16:32:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T14:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=143823"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:25","slug":"inclusiveness-in-the-lecture-hall-starts-with-a-safe-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/09\/14\/inclusiveness-in-the-lecture-hall-starts-with-a-safe-atmosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Inclusiveness in the lecture hall starts with a safe atmosphere’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The student union provided a list of ten tips for lecturers \u2018make an inclusive start this academic year\u2019. Four Rotterdam lecturers respond and reflect on the recommendations.<\/p>\n

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Can lecturers do anything to combat vandalism, racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination?\u00a0\u201cDiversity and inclusiveness is not a quick fix\u201d, wrote the National Student Union alongside its list of \u2018only\u2019 ten recommendations for an inclusive atmosphere in the classroom, which educators can use to help create a safe environment. Below, four lecturers talk about how they make their instruction inclusive.<\/p>\n

1.\t\u2018Share the facilities and contact numbers that students need to know about\u2019<\/h2>

According to Peter Moorman (Faculty of Medicine), facilities such as reporting hotlines, confidential advisors and support staff have always been there. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve been working in education a long time. But whether students are able to find them \u2013 that\u2019s another question entirely.\u201d The Academic Skills lecturer believes it is the responsibility of the faculty, not individual lecturers, to share this information with students.<\/p>\n

Jane Murray Cramm, Professor of Person-centred Care at the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM), went out to see for herself how easy it was to find the confidential advisors. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t good enough. We\u2019re now working on a \u2018social safety\u2019 button on the ESPHM homepage.\u201d There, students should be able to quickly find contact details for confidential advisors and other support staff.<\/p>\n\n\t

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