Moran, J., Elliot, M., Stephansen, H. and Gardner, L. 2025. Developing students’ authentic selves: Community organising modules at the University of Westminster, UK. Patterns of Practice: An International Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 1.
| Title | Developing students’ authentic selves: Community organising modules at the University of Westminster, UK. |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Moran, J., Elliot, M., Stephansen, H. and Gardner, L. |
| Abstract | This short update introduces a suite of community organising modules that are being delivered at the University of Westminster, London, UK. These modules have been developed in partnership with Citizens UK and take inspiration from existing initiatives to embed community organising within the curriculum at other UK universities (e.g. University of Sussex, Anglia Ruskin University, Newcastle University and Cardiff University). Citizens UK are ‘the UK’s biggest, most diverse, and most effective people-powered alliance’ who engage in community organising activity with the aim of ‘bringing together everyday people and local organisations to build a better, fairer society’ (Citizens UK, 2024). The modules aim to provide a deeply authentic learning experience for students. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, they allow students the opportunity to develop authentic relationships and their authentic selves during their time at university. |
| Keywords | Higher education |
| Authentic learning | |
| Critical service-learning | |
| Vertically integrated projects | |
| Community organising | |
| Journal | Patterns of Practice: An International Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
| Journal citation | 1 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publisher | University of East London |