Outreach & Widening Participation recently published an article for WonkHe which discusses how the department have looked to co-create widening participation strategy with those it impacts.
Adapting Professor Laura Lundy’s model of child voice to a widening participation context offers a powerful framework for ensuring that underrepresented and marginalized young people are meaningfully included in decisions that affect their educational journey. Originally developed to support children’s rights in line with Article 12 of the UNCRC, Lundy’s model – focusing on Space, Voice, Audience, and Influence – we believe it can be extended to higher education outreach and access initiatives. Though named “model of child voice” it is a model that can be applied to “Student Voice” more widely.
Our article takes a look into how this concept can be applied within a widening participation context.
Find out more and read the article here: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/reframing-student-voice-through-a-rights-based-lens/