These resources have been created by our Academic Enhancement team and a number of collaborators. They aim to support our staff, students, and the wider community in promoting social justice within higher education. We've made sure to include the voices of staff, students, and experts to help inform both teaching practice and policy.
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To learn more about these resources or collaborate with us on new projects, get in touch with Gemma at g.riggs@arts.ac.uk.
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Belonging and compassionate pedagogy
Pedagogy (the method and practice of teaching) makes sure that students feel valued, respected, supported and included in their studies.
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Ceramics by Asuka Yamamoto, Foundation Show 2017. Central Saint Martins, UAL. Photograph: Martin Slivka
Website: Belonging through compassion
Learn more about collective thinking around belonging and compassionate pedagogy.
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Toolkit: Prompts for compassionate feedback (PDF 125KB)
Useful tips on how to make your feedback practice for students more compassionate.
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Podcast: Belonging in online environments
Listen to experts, staff and students talk about how we can create a sense of belonging when teaching online.
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Podcast: Belonging in higher education
Listen to our staff, students and leading experts share their perspectives on how to create a sense of belonging in higher education.
Decolonising teaching and learning
Resources and discussions focusing on enhancing the student experience for everyone.
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Decolonising reading groups with Inquilab
This polyvocal podcast tells the story so far of Inquilab / Ink-Lab; an alternative reading group that aligns itself with principles of decolonisation, anti-racism, and flattened hierarchies.
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Debunking decolonisation (PDF 128KB)
A resource to help staff and students understand the process of decolonisation and how to put it into practice.
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Decolonising reading lists (PDF 703KB)
Learn more about the strategies that students use to explore and reference different cultural histories and narratives in their work.
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Internationalising the curriculum (PDF 489KB)
Learn more about our reflections and discussions on our curriculum, and how we can internationalise it for our students.
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Video collection: Interviews with Dr Clare Warner on decolonial pedagogy
Dr Clare Warner speaks with staff from BA Performance Arts and Contextual Studies for Product Design about how they’ve approached decolonising their teaching and curriculum.
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Decolonising pedagogy and curriculum (PDF 224KB)
Read the process of working with us to decolonise your teaching practice.
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Decolonising the arts curriculum (PDF 168KB)
Recommended resources about what it means to decolonise the arts.
Assessment for social justice
Learn about our approaches to assessment and our ongoing work in reducing the awarding gap for students.
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Capture / Curate (PDF 2MB)
Capture / Curate is a case study by Dr. David Preston showing design of a student process toolkit associated with experimental learning for BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins
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Reducing awarding gaps: BA (Hons) Fine Art Critical Studies (PDF 937KB)
Read this case study that describes the re-design of assessment practices on BA Fine Art Critical studies at Central Saint Martins
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Enhancing assessment for equity (PDF 251KB)
An overview of methods to approach awarding differentials through assessment practice.
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Glossary of common terms (PDF 148KB)
A glossary of common reference points related to assessment.
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Eliminating inequality in formative assessment (PDF 288KB)
Learn more about the framework for examining how your conversations with students influence their grade achievements.
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Video collection: Assessment for social justice
Videos that explore assessment including 'Bending the Rules' by Dr Gurnam Singh and an interview with Professor Susan Orr and Dr Emily Salines.
Decolonising the Arts Curriculum Zine series
The Decolonising the Arts Curriculum Zine is one part of a larger initiative by our staff and students. This examines teaching practices through the lens of decolonisation and addresses structural inequalities.
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Interpretations, art and pedagogy – Frantz Fanon’s ‘Black Skins, White Mask’
A publication of texts that respond to Frantz Fanon's ‘Black Skin, White Masks’.
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Part of cover illustration for decolonising the arts curriculum zine2, by Naima Sutton.
Decolonising the Arts Curriculum Zines
Tools for raising awareness and opening conversations that’ll allow people to take things further in their teaching practices.
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Podcast: Perspectives in higher education – the story behind the zines
Hear how the zines began and our key aims for the project. Find out how the zines make space for the expression of different perspectives and experiences of decolonisation.
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Video collection: Decolonising voices
Short films made by our staff and students about decolonising the curriculum.
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Video collection: Decolonising the Arts Curriculum – Curators interviews
Presentations from a range of exhibitions held across our 6 libraries, exploring reactions to the Decolonising the Arts Curriculum Zine1.
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Video collection: Omitted and making histories by Frantz Fanon
A video series from different experts discussing and responding to Frantz Fanon’s seminal publication ‘Black Skin, White Masks’.
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Podcast: Everything Must Fall – A conversation between Rehad Desai and Sandra Janette Poulson
A conversation between South African Filmmaker Rehad Desai and Sandra Janette Poulson who studies Fashion Print at Central Saint Martins. They discuss Rehad's film 'Everything Must Fall' and its implications for universities from a global perspective.
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Podcast: Decolonising the Arts Curriculum exhibition – personal narratives
Listen to different perspectives around a Decolonising the Arts Curriculum exhibition at the Central Saint Martin's Library.
Belonging through assessment: pipelines of compassion
Materials produced from the QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project.
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Emily Boxall, BA (Hons) Textile Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design. Photo: UAL
E-book: Belonging through assessment project report
A report for Belonging Through Assessment: Pipelines of Compassion, Collaborative Enhancement Project.
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Video collection: Belonging through assessment - Research presentations
Watch our research presentations from Belonging through assessment: Pipelines of compassion – this was a collaborative enhancement project.
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Podcast: Pass and fail assessment in arts higher education
Listen to a panel discussion on the potential of pass and fail assessment as a compassionate approach to assessment.
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Apoorva Singh with Charlotte Brown (Specialist Print Technician), Wimbledon College of Arts. Photograph: Alys Tomlinson
Podcast: Compassionate feedback
Listen to Dr Emily Salines talk with number of practitioners, teachers and students on how to take a compassionate approach to feedback practice in higher education.
Reducing awarding gaps
Explore the aspects of teaching and learning that can affect awarding differentials.
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Darryl Clifton (Design Programme Director) and Siobhan Clay in conversation
Case study in reducing awarding gaps – BA Illustration
Watch a conversation between Siobhan Clay, Head of Academic Enhancement and Darryl Clifton, Programme Leader for BA Illustration at Camberwell College of Art.
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Supporting attainment with unit design (PDF 683KB)
Use this tool to help you evaluate the effectiveness of your unit(s) and reflect on how different groups of students experience the unit.
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Creating inclusive briefs (PDF 304KB)
Read our guidance to review and plan briefs so that we continuously think about potential barriers to learning and achievement and make changes to remove those barriers.
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De-biasing strategies (PDF 294KB)
Learn more on how to remove biases and improve degree attainment for all our students.
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Teaching for retention (PDF 304KB)
Explore the practical strategies, intervention ideas and prompt questions, to plan, try-out and review your teaching approaches.
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Fostering belonging and compassionate pedagogy (PDF 291KB)
Learn more about how belonging relates to learning, teaching and student success.
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Reducing referrals and resubmissions (PDF 304KB)
Read more on how reduce referrals and resubmissions from your students in your teaching units.
Student imaginators
The 'student imaginators' are a cross-college group of our students and alumni. They create resources around decolonial approaches and compassionate pedagogy.
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Decolonial approaches
A video made by our students to explore what decolonial practice is.
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Podcast: International student experience
Listen to international students talk about their experiences of studying at Central Saint Martins.
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Podcast: Student changemakers
Introducing the student changemakers – a group of student consultants who work with course leaders and course teams to bring more social justice into the curriculum.
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Podcast: disruption and correction
Dr Amita Nijhawan speaks with former students about their experiences as international students. They explore approaches to decolonisation and its link to personal practice and research.
Creative Mindsets
Creative Mindsets is a project focused on creating fair experiences in higher education.
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Podcast: Bias and belonging in the creative arts studio
Staff and students on our Creative Mindsets programme discuss questions of bias and belonging.
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Creative Mindsets handbook (PDF 3.2MB)
This handbook is for students and staff who want to work with growth mindsets to reduce barriers to teaching and learning.
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Creative Mindsets project
Learn more about the creative mindsets project focused on creating fair experiences in higher education.
Enterprise and industry
Learn more about how to promote belonging and community by using decolonial approaches in enterprise and employability education.
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Taking an inclusive approach to enterprise education (PDF 302 KB)
This toolkit explores how as educators we can take a more inclusive approach to enterprise education.
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Re-thinking industry engagement (PDF 216KB)
A framework to analyse how your guidance of student interaction with industry can affect their academic achievement and employment opportunities.