In this episode, I sit down with Kevin J Brazant (SFHEA), who is a Higher education strategist. Disrupting the discourse of traditional education for the non-traditional learner.
Kevin is passionate about education and see's himself as a 'Disruptive Educator'. His resilience and determination led him to excel in his career working within higher education as well as academic research, proving that success isn’t aone-size-fits-all journey.
As a disruptive educator and researcher his story serves as a powerful reminder that with the right mindset, you can transform obstacles into opportunities and challenge outdated norms to fully embrace your authentic self.
MEET KEVIN
"Disrupt the discourse. Have courageous conversations."
Kevin J Brazant (SFHEA) is a Project Manager in higher education. His work involves collaborating with academics to address the ethnicity degree awarding gap at the college level. He is a researcher in disruptive pedagogies and practices‘facilitating learning from the margins’, which foregrounds co-creation in enabling marginalised student voices through decolonising, anti-racism and social justice as part of pedagogy.
He authored ‘Disrupting the Discourse: A Co-creation Framework for Centering Racial Justice in Higher Education.’ He manages the Changemakers, a student partner initiative working with students to embed racial and social justiceprinciples as part of the curriculum.
Kevin uses storytelling, podcasting and digital content creation as part of his platform Lounge Akademics and collaborates with companies and brands committed to social justice as part of knowledge exchange activities and consultancy.
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