Our University Needs You!
Please read the following promotion frm our university, who are seeking input to make our institution even more inclusive! This project is one of many that fall under our university work under the Access & Participation Plan (APP), about which you can read more here.
Join a Paid & Catered Co-Creation Experience in Inclusive Education: We are inviting students to co-create with staff two training programmes for academics to help them enhance their learning and teaching practice regarding racial equity and creating a neurodiverse-friendly learning & teaching environment.
Benefits:
- Receive compensation for your time in focus group £10 voucher, and a workshop £30 voucher (£40 total for full participation)
- Enjoy a buffet lunch at the co-creation workshop
- Earn a recognition of participation and a reference letter on request
- Shape inclusive teaching at your university and gain insights into educational design
Programmes:
- Creating a Neurodiverse-Friendly Learning & Teaching Environment
- Online focus group: Feb 10, 2025, 10:30 AM (1 hour, online via Teams), 12 students
- Co-creation Workshop: Feb 17, 2025, 10:30 AM (half-a-day, Catalyst Building, Stoke Campus), 8 students
- Teaching & Learning Practices (Pedagogies) for Racial Equity
- Online focus group: Feb 10, 2025, 1:30 PM (50 minutes, online via Teams), 12 students
- Co-creation Workshop: Feb 20, 2025, 10:30 AM (half-a-day, Catalyst Building, Stoke Campus), 8 students
Who Should Apply? We particularly welcome undergraduate students who are neurodiverse and/or racially marginalised, but all are welcome!
We invite students from various disciplines, courses and subjects across the institution who can participate in both the programme co-creation workshop and the recorded online focus group. Although participation in both sessions is not essential, it is desirable.
How to Apply:
Register your expression of interest via this link - Students: Paid and Catered Inclusive Education training co-creation (February 2025) by January 31, 2025, 11:59 PM. Please email Jade.wigley@staffs.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Be part of transforming everyone's learning experience!
