Author: Lucy Panesar
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Student Changemaking and Advocacy: What and How?
Last term we updated you on how LCC are working with students towards racial and climate justice. In this post we aim to unpack the processes and practices of Changemaking and Advocacy and offer further guidance to staff on working with our LCC Changemakers and Climate Advocates. London College of…
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APT Workbooks and Workshops
A quick end-of-term update on the Academic Progression Tool (APT) and support available before the winter break… All year 1 undergraduate courses teams at LCC have now been provided with a bespoke and secure APT workbook to monitor and support the academic progress of their students. The workbooks have been set up by Veronica Otero, using the latest enrolment data from…
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Working with students towards racial and climate justice
An update on the LCC Changemakers and Climate Advocates and how they are working with staff to embed racial and climate justice into the curriculum. London College of Communication has a long history of working in partnership with students, as Peer Assisted Learning facilitators and Peer Mentors, and since April 2020…
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Recruiting the next LCC Changemakers
LCC are now recruiting the next generation of Changemakers to work from September through to June 2022. Find out more below. Since April 2020, LCC have employed current students and recent graduates to work in partnership with staff to codevelop decolonised, anti-racist curricula and teaching practices. In this time, our…
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Changemaking through 2020-21
Since the last Changemakers update, our student and graduate Changemakers have been busy codeveloping curricula and promoting awareness of inclusive, anti-racist and decolonial practices across LCC and beyond. Scroll down for more details… In the past academic year, despite the many unexpected setbacks of the pandemic, LCC’s Changemakers have contributed…
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End of term outreach and support
A reminder of what we can do to keep students engaged before term draws to an end… Natural Landscape by Amy Grimes There are several ways to know if our students are engaged, and this year, since moving to online and blended learning approaches, the baseline protocol for monitoring engagement has been via weekly Moodle check-ins. We can also know if students are engaged by noting their attendance…
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Safety and Freedom Reading Group
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…
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Tracking and supporting students this term
LCC’s Academic Progression Tool is available to both undergraduate and postgraduate course teams this year, to help support new students to progress in their studies on-line and on-site. The Academic Progression Tool (APT) is an aide for prioritising support to students in most need. It provides relevant LCC staff with essential information about students in their…
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Changemakers update
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…
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Furthering Anti-Racism, asynchronously.
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…
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