In 2018, we set out to address the outcome and attainment gap between white and minority ethnic students at our university.
This evolved into a five-year staff-student collaboration that is now working towards a completely decolonised curriculum in Social Work which no longer privileges white Anglo-centric approaches to learning and practice and instead draws equally on models from the Global South.
Our wholesale strategy focuses on degree outcome gaps, theoretical models, curriculum, staffing, and research. The aim is to create not just an equitable experience for all students but an anti-racist university experience for all students.
As staff, our experiences of overcoming structural barriers when entering academia from social work practice created specific resonance to inform this approach.
