Report on RJ in HE network kick-off meeting

Aim:

The aim of this network is to give colleagues who are interested in restorative practices in HE to come together to introduce our initiatives, share experiences and strategies for growth and embedding of activities, and begin to develop solutions to common problems.

Hopes for a network:

Community of individuals with similar ambitions
Place for sharing of good practice, learning, resources and experience
Source of collective wisdom to help identifying: evidence of needs, literature, innovative practice, examples of practice
External network that can provide influence and context to support our own innovations
Help with finding funding

Non-exhaustive list of areas of potential collaboration (some areas of overlap):

Restorative approaches to:

Student discipline:
- Student misconduct (including serious violations)
- Academic misconduct (cheating/plagiarism)
Student living in Halls and/or local communities
Complaints raised involving students and other students or students and staff
Wider university community issues (e.g. racism)
Restorative practices in teaching

Requests for advice:

How role play can help with training (Tracy Part – t.part@uel.ac.uk)

Offers of support:

Induction resources to introduce restorative practices to incoming students (Joy Bettles – joy@minthouseoxford.co.uk)
Advice on how best to collect data (ideally before starting a project so that change can be evidenced) – Amanda.Wilson@warwick.ac.uk

Next meeting

End of July to be arranged
Start of September to be arranged
Every two months thereafter (tbc)

Contact

Dr Jane Bryan SFHEA
Reader in law
WIHEA Foundation Fellow

Coventry Restorative Justice

Promoting Restorative Justice in Coventry