Internship DARE project (Research and Education Pillar)

Are you passionate about fighting racism and discrimination?
Do you want to help building inclusive learning spaces?
Do you want to create a tool that supports teachers in incorporating anti-racist practices
in their education?

We are looking for you!
In April 2021, the DARE project kicked-off as a 3-year program at WUR to embed antiracism and anti-discrimination in the organization and create an inclusive and safe study and work environment. DARE’s goal is to establish policies, practices and procedures that foster a culture of Decolonization, Anti-Racism, Anti-Discrimination, Equity and Equal Chances at the university, working along four dimensions, one of them being research & education.

The Research & Education (R&E) pillar focuses on developing best practices in antiracism and discrimination for education and research and structurally including these at WUR. This year, the pillar builds an online repository that helps teachers in making their courses more diverse and inclusive.

For the period April-July 2022, the R&E pillar is looking for an intern to assist in this process, by conducting desk research, creating a structure for the repository and consulting with WUR teachers and others on its contents.

How can we create diverse ways for students to participate in courses?
How do we eliminate everyday racism and discrimination in class?
How do we offer diverse, decolonial readings lists, representative of different cultural
backgrounds?

We are looking for someone who recognizes the importance of finding answers to these questions to who can find innovative ways to do so, building on existing resources and adjusting these to the WUR context.

Your tasks will be...

• to collect and synthesize information and resources on diversity, decolonization and anti-racism that are useful for education.
• to develop an accessible structure for an online repository.
• to host individual and group discussions with teachers and students on the repository and implement their inputs.
• to join the pillar's working group meetings and report on repository progress.
• to provide capacity-building to WUR teachers on repository.
• perform any possible other tasks in relation to the DARE project on a case-bycase basis.

We are looking for someone...

• Who is currently enrolled as a MSc student in a relevant field of study.
• With passion and sensibility for the topic and/or experience in the realm of antidiscrimination and inclusive practices.
• Who has experience in conducting research and can work diligently.
• Who can work independently and has good communication skills.
• Who is fluent in the English language, other languages can be beneficial.
• Who has experience with creating online resources (bonus).

We are offering...

• Involvement in meaningful, purpose-driven work with a dedicated and enthusiastic team.
• Room for creativity and self-initiative and the opportunity to have ownership of your work.
• The opportunity to further deepen your knowledge on anti-discriminatory practices in education.
• An internship for a period of 4 months for 40 hours per week, ideally starting April 2022. A different starting date can be discussed.
• An internship fee of €544,- gross per month.

Application

Interested and qualified students are invited to apply by April 1st by sending their CV
(English, max 2 pages) and cover letter to sascha.pimentel@wur.nl (with joanne.leerlooier@wur.nl in the CC).

If you have any questions about the internship, please send an email to
sascha.pimentel@wur.nl.