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We aim to grow a better environment for everyone in environmental sciences. Our website is a repository of information, experiences and resources. Let’s work together to achieve equality, diversity and inclusivity in our teaching.

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CULTIVATE : GROWING AN INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Tell your story

We’re keen to collect positive staff and student experiences to help us story the different ways digital technologies have been incorporated into teaching, how those technologies have or are improving teaching and learning, how EDI in field trips is being addressed so that everyone is included. You can share your story here.

Cultivate - Talk to your students

Talk to your students

In my role as module organiser for the flagship Year 1 field course for environmental students to Snowdonia National Park I pre-screen all the students to identify accessibility issues and/or learning disabilities (hidden) to enable me to develop a bespoke learning and/or supportive environment.

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Cultivate - Fasting

Fasting and Fieldtrips: Ramadan

“Restrictions on timetabling and availability of field centres means that occasionally field trip coincide with Ramadan or part of Ramadan.

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Cultivate - There must be toilets

There must be toilets!

I've never been concerned about where the toilet stop was in the field, even if I had my period, I just accepted it was tough.

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Cultivate - Hearing impairments

Hearing impairments in windy environments and other places

We always ask students to highlight things that might impact them during fieldwork. This student wears two hearing aids which in the class room can pick up the Induction Loop. However, in the field there is no additional 'technical' help.

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Cultivate - Adapted

The student trashed the room but we adapted.

Before our fieldtrip we identified that one of our students had autism. With the student, and in this case the parents, we created a risk assessment to identify particular triggering points and also how to deal with the student if issues occurred.

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Cultivate - Accessibility

Accessibility: meals, travel and social.

In the recent past I have had to work through the details of an overseas, residential fieldtrip field trip with individual students, carers and support services to assess its accessibility given the characteristics and needs of the students.

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Cultivate - Hills are overrated

Hills are overrated

As part of my role at the OU I have to deliver a field day. I chose a site in the Lake District as I thought it would be a nice place for students to spend time and there are a diverse range of Environmental Science topics I can cover in one day.

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Cultivate - Don't start too early

Don’t start too early.

No, the title is not a request for a lie-in! I have found over the years that attendance on fieldtrips can be impacted by the start and end times of a trip.

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Cultivate - Kinaesthetic learning

Kinaesthetic learning style and cultural impacts.

As part of my research into the effectiveness of teaching methods into disaster risk mitigation in Dominica I organised a field session around the (small) city of Roseau. This fieldtrip took place in April 2018 after the entire island had been badly affected by Hurricane Maria (in September 2017).

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VISUALISE

CULTIVATE is a NERC project addressing issues of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within Environmental Sciences through the application of digital technologies in undergraduate (field work) teaching.

The project is a concerted move away from working in silos to the co-production of knowledge and practices by the community for the community.

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OUR MISSION IS TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS

Share your story

We’re keen to collect positive staff and student experiences to help us story the different ways digital technologies have been incorporated into teaching.

GET IN TOUCH

To find out how you could make your fieldwork more inclusive and accessible, download a copy of our 10 Ways to guide

Cultivate 10 Ways to Cultivate 10 Ways to

Collaborative Partners

CULTIVATE is supported by a number of project partners. You too can join us here.

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Cultivate - Talk to your students

Talk to your students

In my role as module organiser for the flagship Year 1 field course for environmental students to Snowdonia National Park I pre-screen all the students to identify accessibility issues and/or learning disabilities (hidden) to enable me to develop a bespoke learning and/or supportive environment.

READ MORE >>

Cultivate - Fasting

Fasting and Fieldtrips: Ramadan

“Restrictions on timetabling and availability of field centres means that occasionally field trip coincide with Ramadan or part of Ramadan.

READ MORE >>

Cultivate - There must be toilets

There must be toilets!

I've never been concerned about where the toilet stop was in the field, even if I had my period, I just accepted it was tough.

READ MORE >>

Cultivate - Hearing impairments

Hearing impairments in windy environments and other places

We always ask students to highlight things that might impact them during fieldwork. This student wears two hearing aids which in the class room can pick up the Induction Loop. However, in the field there is no additional 'technical' help.

READ MORE >>

Cultivate - Adapted

The student trashed the room but we adapted.

Before our fieldtrip we identified that one of our students had autism. With the student, and in this case the parents, we created a risk assessment to identify particular triggering points and also how to deal with the student if issues occurred.

READ MORE >>

Cultivate - Accessibility

Accessibility: meals, travel and social.

In the recent past I have had to work through the details of an overseas, residential fieldtrip field trip with individual students, carers and support services to assess its accessibility given the characteristics and needs of the students.

READ MORE >>

Cultivate - Hills are overrated

Hills are overrated

As part of my role at the OU I have to deliver a field day. I chose a site in the Lake District as I thought it would be a nice place for students to spend time and there are a diverse range of Environmental Science topics I can cover in one day.

READ MORE >>

Cultivate - Don't start too early

Don’t start too early.

No, the title is not a request for a lie-in! I have found over the years that attendance on fieldtrips can be impacted by the start and end times of a trip.

READ MORE >>

Cultivate - Kinaesthetic learning

Kinaesthetic learning style and cultural impacts.

As part of my research into the effectiveness of teaching methods into disaster risk mitigation in Dominica I organised a field session around the (small) city of Roseau. This fieldtrip took place in April 2018 after the entire island had been badly affected by Hurricane Maria (in September 2017).

READ MORE >>

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