Teaching and Learning Conference 2019: Exploring the opportunities and dilemmas of utilising participatory action research: Working with students as co-creators to embed equality and work towards decolonising the undergraduate Level One History programme

Historical and Philosophical Studies undergraduate student cohorts are overwhelmingly white and have lower proportions of BME students (Royal Historical Society 2018 p8). History at The University of Manchester reflects these broader trends recruiting low numbers of Black Caribbean and Black African students to the undergraduate programme. The History Department has undertaken a critique of its current curriculum with a view to redesigning a more inclusive accessible Year One Curriculum. This session will present the work in progress action research pilot project exploring academic staff and students' thoughts and feelings of working in partnership in developing a new diverse and inclusive curriculum.