Thanks for your comment! With the move to Lime Grove we have the change to shape a new workshop environment to be more inclusive which is a very exciting proposal. The only frustration is how discrimination by design can ultimately be started from the architectural model of the building itself, and sometimes fighting against that…Read more

Thanks for your comment. I believe speaking to students as fellow practitioners and breaking down the barrier of teacher/student has allowed for much deeper and progressive conversations where a learning exchange can happen and it’s something I try to be mindful of.

I find with my own practice, often students have no idea that…Read more

Thanks for your comment. I found that video highlighted a core issue of institutions reactions to systematic racism – as mentioned it’s something that will often not go reported as the systems in place don’t actively support it, or in some cases, make it almost purposely difficult. Whether it’s word of mouth, or general…Read more

Thanks for your comment. The PG Cert in general has highlighted the importance to me about acknowledging your own positionally – i’d like to think I have considered it before but not to the depth I have recently and I have found it’s a good starting point to understanding where your biases might fall and how to best rectify that.…Read more

Thanks for your comment. “We embrace their knowledge and through this method they can teach us to.” – I completely relate to this point. In my role, and I assume for you also, I find the discussions are so much more rewarding when you treat the student as a fellow practitioner who’s there to learn but also someone to be learnt from, I…Read more

Enjoyed reading your blog. The quote society is ‘shaped by racism which is endemic, systematic and often unrecognised’ really stood out to me and made me instantly think of the Telegraph video where racism within Cambridge University was rejected because there were only five instances of a formal report to HR of racism within a few…Read more

Enjoyed reading your blog. Your thoughts about being Catholic and not believing in God really resonated with me. I went to a Christian school, went to church as a kid and was even confirmed but would never consider myself Christian (at least not in a religious sense) but that doesn’t change the framework that I was brought up in and…Read more

Thanks for your comment. Ultimately, within my role the discussions I have with students are about the materiality of their work and never delve into conceptuality and deeper thoughts behind it, which is something I’ve thought about a lot and how to address. I suppose this is the relationship students have with technicians – we are…Read more

In my role I find I’m only really talking to students about the design, or materiality of their work and very rarely delve into the deeper meaning behind what they’re creating, or conceptual ideas within it. For example, one student was creating a sculpture using the laser cutter which I helped him design and assemble but later found…Read more

Thanks for your comment. With moving site I’ve put a lot of thought into discrimination by design and it’s something I hope to tackle when designing the new space. I remember we had a discussion at one of the workshops about how we have to work around the designs already set out by the buildings we occupy, wether they’re new…Read more

Thanks for your comment. I think because we’re moving site (from Camberwell to Lime Grove) my mind is constantly on space and how it’s designed, as currently in my role that’s all I’m thinking about so discrimination by design really stuck out to me from the resources. In terms of making the new space more inclusive it’s something I…Read more

Really enjoyed reading your blog, highlighting the importance of brave spaces and embracing difference. One thing that really stuck with me is the importance of addressing the lack of knowledge of others intersectional identities to foster empathy and inclusivity among students.

I think your commitment to creating an environment…Read more

Enjoyed reading your blog! Really liked the examples you gave of the work you gave. It made me think about the examples we have up in the workshop at CCW Foundation and how we could diversify them to reflect a wider cohort of students. I try to be conscious of references of artists/designers etc. I give but this could also be…Read more

Enjoyed reading your blog post. I relate a lot to your experience with your Mum as my Dad is disabled and it’s something that I consciously think about whenever I’m with him in terms of accessibility – where lifts are, how difficult a space is to move around in etc. and when writing my own blog post I was thinking about the dif…Read more

Enjoyed reading your post. One thing that really stood out to me were the points on invisibility and hyper-visibility. A point I kept coming back to from workshop 1 & 2 was the privilege of being invisible – something I often take for granted – and reading your blog you’ve highlighted how the intersectionality between two m…Read more