CEL for 乱伦秀 Staff

Guidance for 乱伦秀 teaching staff who want to embed experiential learning into their education through partnership.

Benefits of introducing CEL in your teaching

Enhanced teaching and increased learning opportunities

听Community engaged learning听can increase creativity, enjoyment in teaching and an opportunity to form a closer rapport with the students (Pribenow, 2005; Huo, 2010; ).

Knowledge of communities and impactful research

鈥媃ou will come in contact with local knowledge, challenges and opportunities which can advance disciplinary and interdisciplinary research in ways that are rigorous, creative and impactful ().

Career progression

Academic staff can use their community engagement practice in their teaching towards their career progression (Arena Fellowship application and 乱伦秀 Academic Careers Framework).

Services available to you

Training and mentoring

Arena professional development sessions 鈥�

An introductory session, run a few times per term, open to 乱伦秀 academic staff interested in enhancing their practice. Attending this session will help you to:鈥�

understand what your programme or module might look like when you embed collaborations with external partners鈥�
understand how to do Community Engaged Learning in a digital learning environment鈥�
understand community engagement best practice鈥�
understand what support and opportunities are available鈥�

鈥婽hematic sessions with a different focus in collaboration with other colleagues at 乱伦秀 also run throughout the year. 鈥嬧€�

To register: check the events calendar for available sessions (choose 'community engaged learning' as a filter on the left-hand side).

ABC learning design workshop

The ABC curriculum design method is a well-known programme design approach at 乱伦秀, using storyboarding, and run by Digital Education.鈥媁e offer a modified version of this workshop, in partnership with Digital Education, which incorporates Community Engaged Learning elements.鈥�

This workshop can be run for programme teams, departments or faculties.鈥�

To book a workshop, email: communityengagedlearning@ucl.ac.uk.

HEA Fellowship application mentoring

Mentoring is offered to academics and professional services colleagues who work with communities and are interested to include their CEL practice into their Fellowship application. Resources on CEL for your application can also be found under

To discuss your application, email: communityengagedlearning@ucl.ac.uk

1:1 consultation

Embedding CEL into your teaching

You and/or your team can receive 1:1 advice on ways to embed community engagement into your existing programme or module.鈥�

鈥媃ou must teach or lead an existing module or programme to use this service.鈥�

We can support you and your team to:鈥�

review the programme or module descriptors to identify the best ways to embed community engagement鈥�
identify what community groups and collaborative activities/projects are most relevant for meeting your learning outcomes鈥�
identify how to evaluate community engagement in your teaching鈥�

To request the consultancy service, email: communityengagedlearning@ucl.ac.uk

Programme and Module Approval Panel submissions (PMAP)鈥�

If you鈥檙e developing a new programme or module with a strong Community Engaged Learning element, we can advise you on your PMAP documentation to ensure that best practice of community engagement is followed and that the new programme is pedagogically sound.鈥�

To request the consultancy service, email: communityengagedlearning@ucl.ac.uk

Linking you with community partners 鈥�

We can reach out to existing 乱伦秀 community networks with a request for developing Community Engaged Learning projects.听Complete to let us know about your Community Engaged Learning project idea and how we can best support you.听

罢辞辞濒办颈迟:听How to build partnerships with external partners to enhance learning.

The Community Engaged Learning Service closely works with The Volunteering Service exists to connect 乱伦秀 with other communities across London, primarily by engaging students in enriching volunteering opportunities. They have formal links with around 450 different charities and community organisations, and regularly send out requests to collaborate from 乱伦秀 colleagues.听

You might also want to work with public bodies or businesses.听CELS is not responsible for initiating a partnership and will do so, if possible.听

You might want to work with communities in East London. Check out by 乱伦秀 EAST Engagement team.听

Funding

Education innovation grants

乱伦秀 Arena Centre, in collaboration with 乱伦秀 Culture, are pleased to announce a new stream of funding (Higher Education Innovation Fund) to encourage and support teams who want to explore new possibilities and ways of doing things in their curriculum through partnership.

Funding round is now closed, check back for further updates.

You can find here the previous funding call.听

Check 鈥�Live Community Projects鈥� for any other CEL projects and opportunities.

Beacon bursaries

乱伦秀 Beacon Bursaries have funded outstanding engagement projects and project teams since 2009. If you have an innovative idea that will help you connect your research or teaching with people outside 乱伦秀 you could apply for up to 拢2000 per project. This fund is available to 乱伦秀 staff and postgraduate research students.鈥�

You can find out more about previous Beacon Bursary projects through our case studies.鈥�

乱伦秀 EAST Funding听

鈥婽he community engagement team deliver a range of activities to support the development of engagement in 乱伦秀 East. For more information, check 乱伦秀 East听pages.听

Live community projects听

Are you interested in working with communities as part of your teaching?

The Community Engaged Learning Service is closely working with Camden Champions. Below are some project ideas that our Camden Champions have identified based on their needs and assets. They are currently looking for 乱伦秀 students to work together on:

Development of area maps 鈥� Students can design garden maps, walkability maps, digital maps, wellbeing walks.
Health and Wellbeing projects 鈥� Students can develop training for the community on health and wellbeing principles, they can develop resources and drop-ins for residents. Areas of interest are: nutrition and wellbeing, stress, sleep, diabetes, use of mask.
Podcasts and storytelling 鈥� Students can support communities in Camden with storytelling for the creation of podcasts.听
Alternative Playgrounds 鈥� Students can research and design portable basketballs and alternative playgrounds.听
Upcycling project 鈥� Students can research and design an upcycling project with the community partners.听
Monitoring air pollution 鈥� Students can monitor air quality in Camden and help with developing campaigns. They can also collect data about how residents in Camden feel about air pollution.听
Waste bin design 鈥� Students can research and design smart waste bin for dog poo in Camden parks.

Email if you are interested in collaborating with Camden Champions in any of the above projects as part of your teaching.

Information about the Community Champions projects can be found here:听

Resources

Toolkits

乱伦秀 only resources

听(乱伦秀 Moodle) - resources for your Fellowship Application using your CEL practice as a case study鈥�
听- resources on how to do digital CEL

Modules at 乱伦秀 that engage CEL

This list of 乱伦秀 modules can add to your understanding of how to do CEL in your discipline.

Arts and Humanities: Arts, Nature and Wellbeing: Non-clinical Interventions in Health (BASC0030)
CEL elements: assessment co-designed with community partners; community-based research
Bartlett (Built Environment): Collaborative City Planning Strategies (BPLN0033)
CEL elements: assessment co-designed with community partners; community-based research
Brain Sciences: Communication Skills in Cognitive Neuroscience (PSYC0066)
CEL elements: students develop practical, communicative and public engagement skills in cognitive neuroscience
Engineering Sciences: Engineering Challenges (ENGF0001)
CEL elements: Project-Based Learning; students help communities tackle big problems in crucial areas such as听energy, infrastructure and security, as well as health and sustainability
IOE, 乱伦秀's Faculty of Education and Society: Educating and Organising for Social Justice (EDPS0012)
CEL element: community organising placement听听听听
Law: Access to Justice and Community Engagement (LAWS0030)
CEL elements: students conduct supervised casework at the 乱伦秀 Integrated Legal Advice Clinic (iLAC),听based in Stratford, East London
Life Sciences: Bioprocess Validation and Quality Control (BENG0041)
CEL elements: students familiarise themselves with validation methodologies using leading edge听developments with expert speakers in a workshop format
Mathematics and Physical Sciences: Engaging the Public with Science (HPSC0127)
CEL elements: theoretical and practical understanding of how to engage patient and citizen groups with听scientific and medical research
Medical Sciences: Bioscience and Society: Public Engagement, Policy and Funding (MEDC0093)
CEL elements: weekly field trips to the sites of various partners
Population Health Sciences: Key Issues in Health Service Delivery, Policy and Management (IEHC0083)
CEL elements: classroom activities - guest speakers offering 鈥渞eal-world鈥� experiences of the issues raised听during the module
Social and Historical Sciences: Introduction to Citizen Science and Scientific Crowdsourcing (GEOG0152)
CEL elements: practical involvement of students in citizen science projects

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Networks

UK Network on Service-Learning/ Community Engaged Learning听鈥�

CELS co-leads on the development of the first UK Network on Service-Learning / Community Engaged听Learning in the UK together with Nottingham Trent, King鈥檚 College London and De Montfort University. If you听are interested to join a network of academics and practitioners who engage with Community Engaged Learning听pedagogies, exchange best practice and develop scholarship, you can sign up to the Network鈥檚听JISCmail:听ServiceLearning@JISCmail.听鈥�

European Observatory of Service-Learning in Higher Education听鈥�

CELS is a member of the听.听鈥�

to find out more about other European projects.听

鈥婭nternational Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement听(IARSLCE)

The听听is an international non-profit organization devoted to promoting research and discussion听about service-learning and community engagement. The IARSLCE was launched in 2005. Its mission听is to promote the development and dissemination of research on service-learning and community听engagement internationally and across all levels of the education system.鈥�

Campus Compact (USA)鈥�

The听is an American coalition of colleges and universities committed to the public听purposes of higher education. Their mission is to build democracy through civic education and听community development.

乱伦秀 Community of Practice on Community Engaged Learning听鈥�

If you are a 乱伦秀 teaching staff or professional services colleague with an interest in Community Engaged听Learning and want to connect with peers from other departments during informal socials鈥�

鈥婨mail听communityengagedlearning@ucl.ac.uk听to express your interest.

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