Siema Ramdas

Siema Ramdas works in higher education at the intersection of education, equity, and systems change. With experience as a teacher, lecturer, advisor, and programme manager in different educational settings, she now focuses on embedding equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), student wellbeing, sustainability, and societal responsibility into teacher professionalisation programmes in higher education. She also facilitates educational leadership programmes and contributes to institutional change projects. Her work centres on translating values into everyday educational practice and challenging assumptions of neutrality in education. She is currently completing a PhD on how teacher identity shapes educators’ willingness to engage with and implement EDI.