Race Equity Month 2024: Colour-Evasive Ideologies in the Hidden Curriculum

A Case Study from Brunel University OT Department

This podcast focuses on staff-student co-production initiatives as part of the Racial and Cultural Equity working group at the London School of Occupational Therapy to address colour-evasive racial ideologies underpinning their hidden curriculum. Jou Yin Teoh, Dr Ayana Horton, Mandy Achinivu and Zeth Cabildo discuss their experiences of participating in this journey across the past five years from both staff and student perspectives, sharing lessons learnt as well as offering a glimpse of future directions.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Introduction by Ed Hughes, CEO, CoDH

(01:24) - Presentation of the Colour-evasive ideologies in the hidden curriculum project by Jou Yin Teoh

(06:24) - Colour-evasive ideology examples

(10:30) - Dr Ayana Horton on the issues raised overtime

(20:22) - Co-production with students with Mandy Achivinu (OT student)

(23:52) - Jou Yin Teoh reflecting on this

(25:59) - Zeth Crown's reflections (OT alumnus)

(29:22) - What can Universities do to start tackle the issue?

(34:17) - Final remarks

(39:51) - Conclusion by Ed Hughes

Reference: Colour-Evasive Ideologies in the Hidden Curriculum

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