An invitation to explore a further_higher education alternative!
Dear All Three amazing scholar activists from the UK, Joel Lazarus (University of Bath), Richard Hall (De Montfort University), and Gary Saunders (Nottingham University), are inviting people interested in participating in the creation of alternatives in higher education. They are experienced in this sort of alternative. I hope you can take the opportunity to join the group and contribute with your wisdom Please see the call attached Warmly, Ana Cecilia  _________________ Professor Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (MA, PhD, FHEA) Political Sociology & Critical Theory Centre for Decolonising Knowledge (DECkNO) Department of Social and Policy Science 
here it is https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz0G_9XwPhbLZcAg/viewform Expressing interest in a workshop on establishing a further/higher education alternative docs.google.com Kind regards Ana [email protected]> wrote:
Dear All
Three amazing scholar activists from the UK, Joel Lazarus (University of Bath), Richard Hall (De Montfort University), and Gary Saunders (Nottingham University), are inviting people interested in participating in the creation of alternatives in higher education. They are experienced in this sort of alternative. I hope you can take the opportunity to join the group and contribute with your wisdom Please see the call attached
Warmly,
Ana Cecilia
<An invitation to explore a further_higher education alternative.pdf>
_________________ Professor Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (MA, PhD, FHEA) Political Sociology & Critical Theory Centre for Decolonising Knowledge (DECkNO) Department of Social and Policy Science
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On 22 Jun 2026, at 12:41, Ana Cecilia Dinerstein <[email protected]> wrote:
here it is
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz... Kind regards Ana
[email protected]> wrote:
Dear All
Three amazing scholar activists from the UK, Joel Lazarus (University of Bath), Richard Hall (De Montfort University), and Gary Saunders (Nottingham University), are inviting people interested in participating in the creation of alternatives in higher education. They are experienced in this sort of alternative. I hope you can take the opportunity to join the group and contribute with your wisdom Please see the call attached
Warmly,
Ana Cecilia
<An invitation to explore a further_higher education alternative.pdf>
_________________ Professor Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (MA, PhD, FHEA) Political Sociology & Critical Theory Centre for Decolonising Knowledge (DECkNO) Department of Social and Policy Science
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Hi Ana, The call wasn't attached. Best, Steve On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM Ana Cecilia Dinerstein < [email protected]> wrote:
here it is
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Kind regards Ana
[email protected]> wrote:
Dear All
Three amazing scholar activists from the UK, Joel Lazarus (University of Bath), Richard Hall (De Montfort University), and Gary Saunders (Nottingham University), are inviting people interested in participating in the creation of alternatives in higher education. They are experienced in this sort of alternative. I hope you can take the opportunity to join the group and contribute with your wisdom Please see the call attached
Warmly,
Ana Cecilia
<An invitation to explore a further_higher education alternative.pdf>
_________________ Professor Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (MA, PhD, FHEA) Political Sociology & Critical Theory Centre for Decolonising Knowledge (DECkNO) Department of Social and Policy Science
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Hello It was attached to the first message, but the link didn't work, so I ve sent the link and now attaching the call again! Thank you!  Kind regards Ana  I suffer from Fibromyalgia. Thank you for your support.
On 22 Jun 2026, at 13:06, Steven J. Klees <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Ana,
The call wasn't attached.
Best, Steve
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM Ana Cecilia Dinerstein <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
here it is
<b3j7pM6TdBr9HIcNfPQNT7CDyWuZ4Apjk79gPFdepCTw3jMt6OwPs-Lws9oYHi1nv4xqqKTpAJPLgkE=w1200-h630-p.png> Expressing interest in a workshop on establishing a further/higher education alternative docs.google.com <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz0G_9XwPhbLZcAg/viewform>Expressing interest in a workshop on establishing a further/higher education alternative <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz0G_9XwPhbLZcAg/viewform> docs.google.com <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz0G_9XwPhbLZcAg/viewform> Kind regards Ana
[email protected] <http://gmail.com/>> wrote:
Dear All
Three amazing scholar activists from the UK, Joel Lazarus (University of Bath), Richard Hall (De Montfort University), and Gary Saunders (Nottingham University), are inviting people interested in participating in the creation of alternatives in higher education. They are experienced in this sort of alternative. I hope you can take the opportunity to join the group and contribute with your wisdom Please see the call attached
Warmly,
Ana Cecilia
<An invitation to explore a further_higher education alternative.pdf>
_________________ Professor Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (MA, PhD, FHEA) Political Sociology & Critical Theory Centre for Decolonising Knowledge (DECkNO) Department of Social and Policy Science
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I sent in the form indicating an interest in participating. I am concerned that the invitation is called a "workshop" with the implication that there is buried, here, the idea of A university and the concomitants that there is a measurable and evaluative thread that can create credence in a mentality that demands agency of validation from external sources and a defensive internal securitization within the institutional community, e.g elinor ostrom or the idea of the pluriverse of escobar and the global tapestry of alternatives of Ashish Kothari On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 8:56 AM Ana Cecilia Dinerstein < [email protected]> wrote:
Hello
It was attached to the first message, but the link didn't work, so I ve sent the link and now attaching the call again!
Thank you!
Kind regards Ana
*I suffer** from Fibromyalgia. Thank you for your s**upport. *
On 22 Jun 2026, at 13:06, Steven J. Klees <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Ana,
The call wasn't attached.
Best, Steve
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM Ana Cecilia Dinerstein < [email protected]> wrote:
here it is
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Expressing interest in a workshop on establishing a further/higher education alternative <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz0G_9XwPhbLZcAg/viewform> docs.google.com <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz0G_9XwPhbLZcAg/viewform>
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Kind regards Ana
[email protected]> wrote:
Dear All
Three amazing scholar activists from the UK, Joel Lazarus (University of Bath), Richard Hall (De Montfort University), and Gary Saunders (Nottingham University), are inviting people interested in participating in the creation of alternatives in higher education. They are experienced in this sort of alternative. I hope you can take the opportunity to join the group and contribute with your wisdom Please see the call attached
Warmly,
Ana Cecilia
<An invitation to explore a further_higher education alternative.pdf>
_________________ Professor Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (MA, PhD, FHEA) Political Sociology & Critical Theory Centre for Decolonising Knowledge (DECkNO) Department of Social and Policy Science
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hello Thank you! i am a meember of teh facilitation team of the GTA. The call comes from a colleague I know who iareexperienced in radical education. I am the mesenger but I am cc’ing them here! Kind regards Ana I suffer from Fibromyalgia. Thank you for your support.
On 23 Jun 2026, at 03:09, Tom Abeles <[email protected]> wrote:
I sent in the form indicating an interest in participating. I am concerned that the invitation is called a "workshop" with the implication that there is buried, here, the idea of A university and the concomitants that there is a measurable and evaluative thread that can create credence in a mentality that demands agency of validation from external sources and a defensive internal securitization within the institutional community, e.g elinor ostrom or the idea of the pluriverse of escobar and the global tapestry of alternatives of Ashish Kothari
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 8:56 AM Ana Cecilia Dinerstein <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello
It was attached to the first message, but the link didn't work, so I ve sent the link and now attaching the call again!
Thank you!
Kind regards Ana
I suffer from Fibromyalgia. Thank you for your support.
On 22 Jun 2026, at 13:06, Steven J. Klees <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Ana,
The call wasn't attached.
Best, Steve
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM Ana Cecilia Dinerstein <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
here it is
<b3j7pM6TdBr9HIcNfPQNT7CDyWuZ4Apjk79gPFdepCTw3jMt6OwPs-Lws9oYHi1nv4xqqKTpAJPLgkE=w1200-h630-p.png> Expressing interest in a workshop on establishing a further/higher education alternative docs.google.com <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz0G_9XwPhbLZcAg/viewform>Expressing interest in a workshop on establishing a further/higher education alternative <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz0G_9XwPhbLZcAg/viewform> docs.google.com <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVHfvJmQu4UilAN6K25AAA1cXPoVwST6Dz0G_9XwPhbLZcAg/viewform> Kind regards Ana
[email protected] <http://gmail.com/>> wrote:
Dear All
Three amazing scholar activists from the UK, Joel Lazarus (University of Bath), Richard Hall (De Montfort University), and Gary Saunders (Nottingham University), are inviting people interested in participating in the creation of alternatives in higher education. They are experienced in this sort of alternative. I hope you can take the opportunity to join the group and contribute with your wisdom Please see the call attached
Warmly,
Ana Cecilia
<An invitation to explore a further_higher education alternative.pdf>
_________________ Professor Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (MA, PhD, FHEA) Political Sociology & Critical Theory Centre for Decolonising Knowledge (DECkNO) Department of Social and Policy Science
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Ana Cecilia Dinerstein -
Jenny Pickerill -
Steven J. Klees -
Tom Abeles