UCL Centre for Humanities Education

🧵🧠At our recent Celebration of Humanities Education, students joined a zine-making workshop blending wellbeing, creativity, & critical thinking.

📚 In this blog, its convenor Dr Eleanor Chiari reflects on how visual storytelling can transform university education.

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2025/07/...

This really was such a fantastic day, and I'm thrilled that we're already working on the future for @ucl-che.bsky.social , and how we can continue both to support and showcase such varied and compelling research and practice.

In our latest blog, @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social MFA student Noemi Stysiak reflects on our inspiring recent Celebration of Humanities Education, featuring research from @abbis.bsky.social, @samsonaws.bsky.social & many more from across @artshumsucl.bsky.social!

🔗: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2025/07/...

🧠✨ Can AI help make assessments more accessible for neurodivergent students?

Our new CHE blog explores how tools like Hemingway & Goblin can rewrite test questions to support inclusive education and neurodiversity-friendly assessment.

Read more: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2025/07/...

🎭 From lost comedias to lucid dreams, each year students from around the world reimagine Spanish Golden Age Theatre for the Our New Gold Festival.

Watch '24-'25's prize winners and read @samsonaws.bsky.social's (@uclselcs.bsky.social) reflections on the Festival in our latest blog:
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🎨✨ How can museums engage Gen Z?

Zeyu Zhao and @jin-gao.bsky.social's #ARtZ exhibition at UCL East reimagined the V&A's Chinese Export Watercolours with Augmented Reality, bringing c. 18th–19th century art to life for the digital age.

🔗 Read more: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2025/07/...

What does it mean to search for your heritage in spaces that rarely reflect it?

UCL SSEES's‬ Maria Popa, Rares Muscar, & Ramona Gonczol explored London museums through a Romanian lens - reclaiming identity, challenging stereotypes, and sparking new conversations. 🏛️

🔍 Read more: bit.ly/3IomKZq

That’s a wrap on the UCL Celebration of Humanities Education 2025! 🎉✨Today was a celebration of creativity, connection, and innovation in the Humanities. Thank you to all the speakers, organisers, and attendees who made the day so memorable. Until next time!

Huge thanks to Eleanor Chiari for an inspiring Creative Thinking through Graphic Visual Storytelling workshop! ✍️📚 A brilliant blend of creativity and academic exploration through zines, drawing, and visual narratives. #UCL #HumanitiesEducation #GraphicStorytelling

🎨🗣️ Unlocking language through art!
Dr. Elettra Carbone sharing how objects and visual culture can transform the way we teach and learn languages- with a curated collection and a creative teaching session!

📍IOE Showcase room C3.12

Brilliant insights from Antony Makrinos on how virtual reality is transforming the way we teach ancient languages and literature! A fascinating look into the future of Classics. 👓📚✨

UCL’s Celebration of Humanities Education is underway!
Join us for a full day of engaging talks, panels and creative showcases exploring the future of language learning, inclusion, and digital humanities!

📍 Live now at UCL IOE, 20 Bedford Way (C3.11)!
🕙 Happening all day until 5pm

Frederic Edwin Church (1871) "The Parthenon" courtesy of the Met Museum.

🎓 How can we make our everday digital learning environments work for everyone? 💻👩‍🏫

In our latest Q&A, April Jones shares insights on enhancing UCL Greek & Latin's Moodle pages for engagement and accessibility. 🏛️

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2025/05/...

Fantastic work from colleagues at the UCL East Slade Studio on their recent workshop facilitated by community educator Catalina Polanco, with support from the Tech Stream of @ucl-che.bsky.social.

Excellent resulting article on Decentralised Networks as Resistance:

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2025/04/...

Sign up now for our Celebration of Humanities Education!

Join us for interactive sessions, creative workshops, tech showcases, and fascinating panels designed to promote collaboration, dialogue, and innovation in Humanities teaching and learning.

📅11 June 10:00-17:00
📍UCL's IOE
🔗 bit.ly/3YOAMsH

Literature in the Age of the Self This event brings together celebrated authors and scholars to discuss the experience and depiction of the self in the twenty-first century.

🧠 Who—or what—is the self?
Is it found, made, or told into being?
Join us for an afternoon of talks and conversation with acclaimed writers and scholars as they explore selfhood in literature, philosophy, & memoir.

📅 16 June, 3:00-7:15 pm
📍 UCL Cruciform Building
🔗 Sign up: bit.ly/LiteratureSelf.

🛰️ How can community-built networks offer alternatives to corporate systems?

📚In our latest blog, Koundinya Dhulipalla, Winnie Soon & Lily Chasioti reflect on a recent @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social event exploring how DIY infrastructures combine speculative design & collective care.

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📣A reminder about this exciting event, happening this Wednesday!

Workshop tickets are sold out, and conversation tickets are nearly gone—so reserve yours soon!

A KCL Examination hall.

🚨New blog! 🚨
🔎 How do feedback & assessment shape student and staff experiences at UCL Arts & Humanities?

We asked UCL's A&H's Abbi Shaw & @jesperhansen.bsky.social about their latest research on how to make feedback innovative and effective for staff & students.

📖 Read more via: bit.ly/3FsKU3G

On Hope: A Workshop about Creative Critical Writing Join us for an afternoon dedicated to hope and creative critical inquiry amid the crises facing the humanities and the world.

And to sign-up for the workshop: bit.ly/4inB4yj
📅March 26 13:00-15:00
📍UCL's Institute of Education

*Seperate sign-ups required for each event*

On Hope: A Conversation about Creative Critical Writing Join us for an inspiring event exploring the connections between creative-critical writing, thinking, performance, and hope.

🌱 On Hope: Creative Critical Writing Workshop & Conversation 🌱

Join Emily Orley, Timothy Mathews, Mathelinda Nabugodi & Mererid Puw Davies for two events exploring hope through creative and critical inquiry.

Register for the Conversation: bit.ly/3Fp8mib.
🗓️March 26, 16:00-19:00
📍14 Taviton Street

New interview!

Dr. Mairéad McAuley (UCL Greek and Latin) discusses inclusive teaching, gender & Roman lit, and EDI initiatives in Classics in this interview.

📖 Read more: bit.ly/3QK0wCf

Mural outside of a school in Baddawi refugee camp in North Lebanon (c) E. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh

🚨 New Blog Post🚨

How can universities better support students from forced migration backgrounds? We spoke with Freya Proudman @uclssees.bsky.social about UCL’s initiatives and the work of The University of Sanctuary network.

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2025/02/...

Reimagining Futures: Creative Networks for Social Justice This workshop explores the power of off-grid communication systems and creative networks to foster community resilience and social justice.

🎨✨ Reimagining Futures: Creative Networks for Social Justice ✨🎨

📅 10 March 16:00 | 📍Slade Studio, UCL East

Join this fascinating workshop discussing how off-grid communications & creative networks can foster community resilience & social justice. @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social
bit.ly/ReimaginingF...

🚀 Ancient drama, modern learning!
What can Aristophanes’ Peace teach us about creativity, collaboration, and making the Humanities come alive? Find out how a multilingual, practice-based workshop reimagined this classic comedy
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2024/12/...

From the archive, Poppy Shortmoor and Ella Bosworth-Gerbino discussed how we can rethink the classics for a more inclusive future. Poppy and Ella's blog travelled from Rome’s 'ideal woman' to Medusa and the Stone Butch to challenge conventional classics curricula. 🏛️💡 blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2024/06/...

4/5🎓🌟At the CHE, we're always thrilled to showcase student voices. Recently, Elisa Valentin and Selin Abdik reflected on the powers of student engagement, inclusion, and participation at the 2024 RAISE conference, offering some must-read tips for engaging students. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2024/11/...

3/5 "Ever wondered how virtual reality can bring ancient worlds to life? 🏛️✨ Earlier this year, Dr Antony Makrinos discussed how VR is transforming the way we teach and learn history: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2024/05/...

2/5 📢 One of our most exciting interviews yet! This October, we interviewed UCL SELCS's Dr Elettra Carbone about her work on Widening Participation & Collection-Based Learning feat. objects from UCL's Art Museum and Special Collections!🏛️🎨 A must-read.

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2024/10/...

An advert offering up to £500 for projects that contribute to fostering inclusivity, diversity, and accessibility in education.

🚨 Final reminder: our Autumn 2024 EDI grant call (open to staff, students, and faculty of UCL Arts & Humanities) closes next Monday, November 25th! Don’t miss your chance to apply for funding to support innovative research & projects.⏳

Submit your application now: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2024/10/...! 📝