I agree, all of the data we’ve seen and read is very overwhelming- it absolutely points to racism being a deeply embedded racial issue in HEI. It’s made me think about how we as educators can challenge these issues from within. This can be very tough to face when so many of us aren’t on long term contracts and don’t feel we have the…Read more

“Across all resources, disability is understood not as stemming from the individual but as a result of external barriers: physical, societal, and attitudinal.” What a beginning! As a teenager, I once saw a very pivotal tumblr post that I wish I could now find, it said;

“What is worse? Being disabled or the way the world treat…Read more

We came to similar conclusions, our language is so important as it’s our main tool for interpersonal connection! I would say in all reason that it sadly isn’t enough, small gestures like language aren’t enough to fully establish a sense of mutual understanding in the times we’re living in, we do need something more meaningful to help…Read more

I really appreciate you talking about the issues of making the workshop accessible, my industry has the exact same problem. Some materials we work with simply aren’t accessible- how do we overcome this? The 3D lab in Wimbledon does what it can but there’s only so much that can be done in an overcrowded and overbooked wor…Read more

This is something brought up a lot on my course due to the physical nature of it, we have made accommodations in the past to allow medical devices in the 3D workshops, have students work in their own hours, allow them to eat in rooms which on paper don’t allow for food or drink ect,

The one I want to see implemented is the amount of P…Read more