To open up the career pipeline into the creative industries to a greater diversity of young people, EDI must stay at the top of universities’ agendas, says Karen Patel.
My research at Birmingham City University (BCU), UK, explores equality and diversity in the professional craft economy. The people involved are mostly artisans who have gone through higher education and who pursue a craft as a career, working with, say, wood or leather, jewellery or ceramics.
I am also director and co-chair of BCU’s Centre for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts (CEDIA), which was established in 2021 to promote equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across teaching and learning, research and external partnerships in the university’s Faculty of Arts, Design and Media.
CEDIA’s remit includes looking at decolonizing curricula, in consultation with students, individual departments and course directors, and sharing good practice. Decolonizing the curriculum is a collective effort and everyone working in higher education needs to be wholeheartedly invested in it. It can’t be seen as an EDI box-ticking exercise...Keep reading on Nature.
My research at Birmingham City University (BCU), UK, explores equality and diversity in the professional craft economy. The people involved are mostly artisans who have gone through higher education and who pursue a craft as a career, working with, say, wood or leather, jewellery or ceramics.
I am also director and co-chair of BCU’s Centre for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts (CEDIA), which was established in 2021 to promote equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across teaching and learning, research and external partnerships in the university’s Faculty of Arts, Design and Media.
CEDIA’s remit includes looking at decolonizing curricula, in consultation with students, individual departments and course directors, and sharing good practice. Decolonizing the curriculum is a collective effort and everyone working in higher education needs to be wholeheartedly invested in it. It can’t be seen as an EDI box-ticking exercise...Keep reading on Nature.