With the Black Lives Matter protests and the toppling of statues, calls to ‘Decolonise the Curriculum’ received renewed vigour. But what does ‘decolonisation’ actually mean? Is it just another buzz word that will fade into the background? UK Universities, including Liverpool, have recently started to acknowledge their links to slavery and imperialism, while Glasgow have calculated their benefits from the Trade and pledged £20million in reparations through the establishment of the Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research (GCCDR).

Could the tide be turning? Are the nation’s highest seats of learning ready to weed out Eurocentric bias and colonial prejudices not just in what is taught but also in what is researched and how? Are those in the ivory tower ready to listen to black academics and students who demand to know ‘Why is my curriculum white?’ These questions and more will be discussed by Councillor Anna Rothery, Dr Leona Vaughn, Dr Lucienne Loh and Danièle Obono.