Category: Diversifying the Curriculum

Written by Ellie Gore, Lecturer in Global Political Economy, Department of Politics What was the rationale/aim of the project? Teaching a course on the political economy of sexuality means grappling with topics that have been historically neglected and marginalised...

Written by Luke Bhatia I have been interested in critical pedagogies for some time now and having been given the opportunity to organise a new module, Decolonising Human Rights, I wanted to incorporate some of the pedagogical practices that I had been reading about....

Written by Andrew Slack & Elena Barabantseva We obtained Diversifying the Curriculum funding in 2024/25 for expanding and revising the content and accessibility of course materials for POLI60312 Research Design and Skills. This is a compulsory module integral to...

Written by Lisa Williams and Felipe Neis Araujo In 2023, our Department piloted the Race and Social Justice Seminar Series to create space for frank, research- and experience-informed conversations about how law, policy and social structures can produce and reproduce...

Written by Dr Frederique Janssen-Lauret We redesigned the curriculum for the first-year, 80-student module 'History of Philosophy' to include Indian, Buddhist, Chinese and African philosophy, so that our department could teach a history of philosophy that represents...

Written by Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez, Senior Lecturer in Economics Building on last year’s success with the Diversifying the Curriculum initiative (Izquierdo Sanchez and Gonzalez Bonnet, 2024), our 2024/25 Microeconomics 4 project took another step toward inclusive,...

Written by Jasmin Ramovic POLI30262 Dimensions of Peace and Conflict is a third-year course that centres on various aspects of peace efforts that aim to address both the direct violence seen in armed conflicts, and the less visible structural violence that relates to...

Written by Dr Carl Death This UG3 optional Politics course aims to critically contest myths and stereotypes about African politics. Informed by postcolonial theory, the course explores the ways in which “Africa” has been represented within unequal global power...

Written by Louise Thompson I’ve taught parliamentary studies to final year undergraduate students in the Politics Department for the last seven years. This is an exciting module, sponsored by the UK Parliament, who provide expert speakers to visit campus and who...