Pedagogical materials development and implementation

In the second phase of the project, we work in partnership with three dedicated and brilliant students, funded by StudentShapers, to develop authentic and accessible pedagogical resources to promote inclusion, educational aspirations and student success for STEMM students. This StudentShapers project has built upon the rich interview data we have collected in phase 1 of the SIDUS project to inform our materials and resources design. Below are the three key areas of activity for pedagogical implementation:

• Support student transition between school and university through creating bookmarks, a student handbook, and posters with the students and a professional illustrator (Raquel Durán), including messages of support and advice from students of different backgrounds.

• Support underrepresented students and facilitate a stronger sense of belonging at Imperial through improving knowledge and representation of scientists from underrepresented groups via an exciting programme of Wikipedia editing events with Dr. Jess Wade (Physics, Imperial) and Dr. Alice White (Digital Editor, Wellcome Collection) in which we trained our student partners on how to improve open-access public knowledge of diverse scientists through creating and editing Wikipedia pages of scientists from underrepresented groups. 
  

• Share the results of our research and facilitate the sharing of good practice across departments through working in collaboration with other College departments (e.g., EDI team, the Education Office, Student Union, other student services) to disseminate the SIDUS pedagogical materials that promote inclusion and diversity, especially amongst underrepresented groups.