The Changemakers student partnership initiative began at London College of Communication (LCC), where several generations of student and graduate LCC Changemakers have been employed since April 2020.
Following LCC’s model, other colleges have established their own Changemakers teams.
Contributions since inception
- Course reapproval and validation
- Curriculum change processes
- Workshops on racial and climate justice for staff and students
- Public discussions with Changemakers from universities across the UK and internationally
Highlights
Input into Contextual and Theoretical Studies 1 unit
LCC Changemakers involved students in ensuring their representation in the newly launched Contextual and Theoretical Studies 1 (CTS1) unit across Design School.
Read more about the input into the CTS1 unit
LCC Changemakers analysed CTS1 reading lists using an intersectional matrix to ensure the representation of diverse perspectives.
Students from:
- BA Illustration and Visual Media
- BA Design for Art Direction
- BA Graphic and Media Design
shared their experience and provided feedback on the course materials.
Collaborated with LCC:
- Librarians
- Design School lecturers
Value talk on decolonising the curriculum
LCC Changemakers Prachee Mashru and Rachel Williams discuss Decolonising the Curriculum for an LCC Value Talk hosted by It’s All Blakademik.
Empowering students to decolonise Wikipedia
LCC Changemakers and Decolonising Wikipedia Network supported students with their projects to become Wikipedia editors or creators.
Read more details about the decolonising Wikipedia project
Aims:
Improve student research, writing and editing skills.
Outcomes:
- student-written articles
- editing translations within Wikipedia
Collaborated with:
- Lucy Panesar, LCC Deolonising Wikipedia Network centre (DWN)
- Dr Richard Nevell, Wikipedia UK Commons
- Dr Jennifer Good, Senior lecturer, MA Photojournalism and Documentary photography
Course:
MA Photojournalism Documentary (part of Collaborative Unit)
Project duration:
2020/21 academic year
