DIVERSASIA - Best practices

"The toolkit aims to support staff to achieve outstanding teaching. The existence of differential outcomes like the awarding gap suggests we are falling short in our efforts to ensure success for all our students. The toolkit is designed to help staff understand factors associated with the awarding gap, which are broken down into four key themes: inclusive curriculum, inclusive teaching, learning and assessment, belonging and creating safe spaces. Each section explains why the theme is significant and provides a selection of practical tips, resources and further reading related to that theme. The toolkit also aligns with objective one of the UCL Education Strategy 2016-2021: Personalising Student Support. The objective includes the priority to make UCL more welcoming for BAME students, with the target to eliminate the BAME awarding gap by 2024. Importantly, BAME student voices, from UCL and the sector, are incorporated into each section of the toolkit to emphasise how the academy’s structure, culture and curriculum impact students’ experiences, feelings and personal development. The toolkit is available as a single PDF, or online as Teaching Toolkits (broken down by theme) on UCL’s Teaching and Learning portal."