Virtual study event: ‘Unravelling Unconscious Bias’
Posted: 24/07/20 12:24 | 0 Comments
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Addressing the gap – What and why are there gaps at OCA?
Posted: 15/06/20 11:02 | 16 Comments
Last year OCA launched an ambitious new 10-year strategy, available on our website, that talked of closing equality gaps, and making a curriculum that is ‘sensitive to global and cultural contexts’. But how to get there? How do we make a curriculum that is reflective of the work and perspectives of people all around the world? How do we ensure that there are no equality gaps?
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Equality doesn’t mean treating everyone the same
Posted: 10/06/20 09:51 | 13 Comments
Like many, I’ve been reflecting on the recent protests following the killing of George Floyd, and the responses to the #BlackLiveMatter, in particular across Higher Education. These have ranged from the extremely thoughtful and sensitive to the very corporate and hollow. This has forced me to take a long hard look at myself and the organisation that I’m very proud to lead the Open College of the Arts and consider are we doing enough to live up to our values of diversity and inclusion?
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