The latest anti-racism articles
Find details here of LCC’s Safety and Freedom Reading Group facilitated by Lucy Panesar (LCC Progression and Attainment Project Manager) and Pratap Rughani (LCC Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Documentary Practices). What does the group explore? Academics are tasked with creating intellectually stimulating environments, whilst also ensuring the physical and emotional safety of students. This can be […]
LCC’s new Student Changemakers were introduced on here back in April and since then they’ve completed initial training and started working with staff to decolonise curricula across our undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In May, Design School Changemakers worked with year 1 students, course librarians and lecturers to critically review and reimagine the Contextual & Theoretical […]
Over the past few weeks, a significant number of colleagues have engaged with live events taking place as part of LCC’s Anti-Racism Staff Development programme and have become members of the LCC Anti-Racism Teams site. Over the summer, colleagues can keep developing understanding and practice of anti-racism via a range of online resources and asynchronous activities. In the Teams site you can find recordings and slides from most of the live events that have recently taken place, and watch […]
Throughout July, colleagues at LCC can develop their knowledge and skills in anti-racist practices through a range of synchronous and asynchronous activities happening as part of the expanded staff development month. As part of LCC’s ongoing efforts to create an equitable and inclusive experience for all of its community, a series of new activities are […]
Through May-June, LCC is hosting an online Wikipedia edit-a-thon to increase the visibility and credibility of under-represented creative practitioners. LCC staff and students are invited to participate in this collaborative endeavour, which will take place through three online, real-time events late afternoon on 27 May, 3 June and 10 June. The edit-a-thon involves LCC Student […]
UAL’s Fellow in Race and Education, Dr Gurnam Singh has produced a 6-point guide to help us understand more about the disproportionate impact the Covid-19 crisis is having on Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic students. The guide goes into detail on issues of financial hardship, health inequality, the digital divide, racial harassment and hate, unconscious […]