REAL Centre Upcoming Events
Please find below details of our upcoming events.
Symposium, June 2026
Equitable collaborations for global justice in and through education
Monday 15 June 2026, 12:00-18:00 BST in person and online (In collaboration with the University of the Western Cape)
Full agenda here
Register here
Speakers include:
• Professor Robert Balfour, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, University of the Western Cape
• Professor Bhaskar Vira, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Environmental Sustainability, University of Cambridge
• Professor Ahmed Kamal Junina, Assistant Professor and Head of English Department, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza
• Professor Premesh Lalu, University of the Western Cape (UWC)
• Professor Caroline Trotter, Director Cambridge-Africa
• Dr Halima Begum, Strategic Adviser, former CEO of Oxfam, Action Aid and the Runnymede Trust
• Professor Yusuf Sayed, REAL Centre, University of Cambridge
• Professor Azeem Badroodien, University of Cape Town
• Professor Melanie Luckay, Department of Educational Studies, UWC
• Dr Alvin Riffel, Department of Educational Studies, UWC
• Professor Maha Shuayb, Director, Centre for Lebanese Studies
• Professor Thasmai Dhurumraj, Faculty of Education, UWC
• Professor Pauline Rose, Director, REAL Centre
Panel discussions:
• Equitable research collaborations and partnerships
• Education, decolonisation and antiracism
• Indigenous knowledge and climate justice in and through education
REAL Centre 10 year anniversary conference
On 12 June 2025, the REAL Centre hosted a conference to celebrate a decade of impact, evidence and partnerships:
10 years of the REAL Centre: Tackling injustices in and through education.
See our special conference page for highlights, including blogs, videos, illustrations, memory wall quotes, and more!
