PRiA (Pedagogic Research in the Arts)

In this episode of the PRiA (Pedagogical Research in the Arts) Podcast, host Durdona Karimova speaks with Professor Samuel Gartland and Lucy Moore about their project, Krater at Leeds: Object-based Learning, Coins, and Interdisciplinary Connection.
 
Together, they explore how coins can be used in object-based learning to enhance teaching and learning in higher education. The discussion considers how working with museum and heritage objects can encourage curiosity, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary connections, helping students engage with ideas across different subjects and fields of study.
Discover more conversations about teaching and learning on the PRiA podcast website. 
You can find out more about the work of PRiA on the University of Leeds webpage or by connecting on LinkedIn. 
Guests: Professor Samuel Gartland and Lucy MooreHost: Durdona Karimova Producer: Carl Hartley 
 

In this episode of the PRiA (Pedagogical Research in the Arts) Podcast, host Durdona Karimova speaks with Associate Professor Lorna Waddington about her project, Using Generative AI in Education and Research.
Together, they explore how generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are being used in higher education, the opportunities and challenges they present for teaching and learning, and the questions they raise for research practice, assessment, and academic integrity.Discover more conversations on teaching, learning, pedagogy, and higher education on the PRiA podcast website
Find out more about the work of PRiA (Pedagogical Research in the Arts) on the University of Leeds website or connect with the team on LinkedIn.
Guest: Associate Professor Lorna WaddingtonHost: Durdona KarimovaProducer: Carl Hartley 

In this episode of the PRiA (Pedagogical Research in the Arts) Podcast, host Durdona Karimova speaks with Clark Girdlestone, Jenna Bodin-Galvez and Associate Professor Simon Webster about their project examining the academic needs of International PGT Students.
Together, they explore the academic needs of international postgraduate taught (PGT) students who have previously studied through English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI). The discussion examines the challenges and expectations students may encounter when transitioning into postgraduate study and considers how universities can better support their academic success and learning experience.
Discover more conversations on teaching, learning, pedagogy, and higher education on the PRiA podcast website.
Find out more about the work of PRiA (Pedagogical Research in the Arts) on the University of Leeds website or connect with the team on LinkedIn.Guest: Clark Girdlestone, Jenna Bodin-Galvez and Simon Webster.Host: Durdona KarimovaProducer: Carl Hartley 
 

In this episode of the PRiA (Pedagogical Research in the Arts) Podcast, host Durdona Karimova speaks with Dr Hyunah Cho and University of Leeds alumnus Jerry about their research on inclusion for international and home students.
Together, they explore what inclusion means from different student perspectives, the challenges and opportunities of building belonging in higher education, and how universities can create a more inclusive and supportive student experience for all learners.Discover more conversations on teaching, learning, pedagogy, and higher education on the PRiA podcast website.
Find out more about the work of PRiA (Pedagogical Research in the Arts) on the University of Leeds website or connect with the team on LinkedIn.Guest: Dr Hyunah ChoHost: Durdona KarimovaProducer: Carl Hartley 
 
 

In this episodeof the PRiA (Pedagogical Research in the Arts) Podcast, host Durdona Karimova speaks with Associate Professo Kashmir Kaur about her project, Decolonising Academic Communication in Higher Education.
Together, they explore what it means to decolonise academic communication, how language and knowledge are shaped within higher education, and what these questions mean for teaching, learning, inclusion, and student engagement in universities.
Discover more conversations on teaching, learning, pedagogy, and higher education on the PRiA podcast website.
Find out more about the work of PRiA (Pedagogical Research in the Arts) on the University of Leeds website or connect with the team on LinkedIn.
 
Guest: Associate Professor Kashmir KaurHost: Durdona KarimovaProducer: Carl Hartley 

In this episode of the PRiA Podcast, host Associate Professor Kashmir Kaur explores what it means to decolonise academic communication in higher education and why this matters for students, educators and institutions.
 
Joining the discussion are Professor Suresh Canagarajah, Evan Pugh University Professor of English, Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University; Yaxin Zhang, PhD researcher at the University of Nottingham; and Wil Hardman, EAP practitioner at the University of Liverpool and Convenor of the EAP for Social Justice SIG.
 
Together, they consider how dominant knowledge systems and linguistic norms shape teaching, assessment and participation within universities. Drawing on research, professional practice and personal experience, the panel discusses multilingualism, academic voice, institutional expectations and the tensions educators encounter when seeking to create more inclusive and equitable academic spaces. The conversation offers insights for educators, researchers and others interested in language, power and social justice in higher education.
 
Guest: Professor Suresh Canagarajah
Guest: Yaxin Zhang
Guest: Wil Hardman
Host: Kashmir Kaur
 
More information:
This conversation forms part of the wider research project Uncovering Decoloniality in EAP: Transforming Language and Power in Academic Spaces. The following presentation introduces the project and explores some of the questions raised in the episode, including linguistic legitimacy, institutional expectations, gatekeeping, voice and belonging. The accompanying publications provide further perspectives on decolonising academic communication and multilingual higher education. 
Related project resource 
Kaur, K. (2026), One Language, Many Silences: Decolonising Academic Communication Through EAP. This presentation shares findings from the wider Uncovering Decoloniality in EAP: Transforming Language and Power in Academic Spaces project. It explores how EAP practitioners negotiate questions of voice, linguistic legitimacy, institutional expectations, gatekeeping and belonging in their everyday teaching. 
View the work here.
Further reading 
Suresh Canagarajah (2024), ‘Decolonizing Academic Writing Pedagogies for Multilingual Students’ Drawing on South Asian literacy traditions and his own teaching and research, Canagarajah considers how academic writing pedagogy might recognise the knowledge, identities and communicative resources multilingual students bring to the classroom. Read the article in TESOL Quarterly 
Mmapula Ngobeni-Kubheka, Puleng Letsoalo and Bheki X. Ntombela (2025), ‘Decolonial Contestations of Multilingualism and Translanguaging in English for Academic Purposes: A Case of the University of Limpopo’ This recent study explores the place of African languages and translanguaging within EAP teaching and examines the continuing influence of monolingual language ideologies in a South African university context. Read the article in Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 
Sarah Hopkyns (2026), Decoloniality in Multilingual University Spaces This new publication examines the intersections between coloniality, English-medium higher education, multilingual identities and belonging, while considering how university language practices might be reimagined. View the publication from Cambridge University Press 
 

In this episode, host Lilley Harris explores how a project in the School of Music is looking at how mindfulness can help performers. She's joined by Dr. Emily Payne and Dr. Ariana Phillips-Hutton who are behind the project funded by PRiA.
You can find out more about the work of PRiA on the University of Leeds webpage or by connecting on LinkedIn.
Host: Lilley Harris
Producer: Carl Hartley

In this episode, host Lilley Harris looks at how PRiA seedcorn funding has been helping a study around the flipped classroom approach in linguistic education. She's joined by Dr. Cuie Xu.
You can find out more about the work of PRiA on the University of Leeds webpage or by connecting on LinkedIn.
Host: Lilley Harris
Producer: Carl Hartley
 

In this episode, host Lilley Harris explores how PRiA funding has been supporting a project around decolonial global communication and knowledge circulation. She's joined by Professor Chris Paterson and PHD student Cathy LeGrand.
You can find out more about the work of PRiA on the University of Leeds webpage or by connecting on LinkedIn.
 
Host: Lilley Harris
Producer: Carl Hartley

In this episode, host Lilley Harris explores how international collaboration is having a positive benefit on teaching at the University of Leeds. She's joined by Professor Duncan Wheeler, Chair of Spanish Studies. 
You can find out more about the work of PRiA on the University of Leeds webpage or by connecting on LinkedIn.
Host: Lilley Harris
Producer: Carl Hartley