Raising Awareness - What, why and how?
What
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To raise awareness cross college by planning a range of extracurricular events during LGBT History Month, staggered over different days and times to capture the range of part-time provision we have at Morley College
Why
- To make visible the celebration of LGBT lives at the college
- To include a broader range of student and staff, outside of the departments, students and tutors directly involved in educate out prejudice project
- To communicate project to internal audiences
- To start building links with external partners
- To market the college to new learners
- To start the conversation
How
- We found that staff and students at the college had a rich network of contacts in the LGBT community and a strong programme was put together very quickly
- Central displays and exhibitions linked to course content helped to get students involved
- One large celebratory event, involved the whole college and focused the publicity externally