Monday, 05 September 2022
The university turns to London-based EdTech start-up to co-create micro-learning courses, encouraging students to help tackle hate crimes and harassment on campus
The University of Nottingham has engaged GoodCourse, the London-based EdTech start-up, to co-create a new style of micro-learning courses to raise awareness of misogyny and hate crime.
As thousands of new students explore their city and independent living for the first time, a new micro-learning approach - informed by ground-breaking research for police forces - will help educate students on how to keep each other safe.
The university approached GoodCourse for a new kind of learning proposition - one which encompasses short, accessible videos to capture the attention of a new generation.
Courses are specifically designed to feel like the familiar social media apps students use every day but will incorporate Nottingham’s award-winning research on hate crime and misogyny.
Louise Mullany, Professor in Sociolinguistics at the University of Nottingham, a leading expert on the language of hate crime - will be heading up the project. Her work has fed into the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Women and Equalities Select Committee review of street harassment, contributing to proposed amendments to the Upskirting Bill and the government tasking the Law Commission with reviewing hate crime laws in 2019.
Following the rollout, the team is keen to ensure universities across the sector will be able to use the co-created courses to make young people safer around the country.
Meaningful change on these important equity and inclusion issues can’t be achieved with academic rigour alone. Being able to reach and engage everyone in the conversation is crucial to effect change and progress.
She added: "Through our partnership with GoodCourse, we are excited to be leading the way with the use of new technology to engage far wider audiences on these topics."
Chris Mansfield, Co-founder, GoodCourse said: “The fact that equity and inclusion training is still often only attended by a minority — who are often already highly engaged with the topic at hand — makes it incredibly difficult to create meaningful change. That’s why we’re so pleased to partner with Nottingham, to make learning and training on these important issues much more accessible and engaging.
“Nottingham has unmatched academic expertise on the subject matter, which will be instrumental in creating research-backed and effective micro-learning courses.”
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About GoodCourse
GoodCourse is the mobile-based micro-learning platform, built to reach and engage frontline staff and students on issues in the field of equity, inclusion and harassment prevention. The company is a VC-backed team of technology and learning design experts on a mission to solve the challenge of learner engagement - on the topics that matter.
For more information, visit https://goodcourse.co.uk
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About the University of Nottingham
Ranked 32 in Europe and 16th in the UK by the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024, the University of Nottingham is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Studying at the University of Nottingham is a life-changing experience, and we pride ourselves on unlocking the potential of our students. We have a pioneering spirit, expressed in the vision of our founder Sir Jesse Boot, which has seen us lead the way in establishing campuses in China and Malaysia - part of a globally connected network of education, research and industrial engagement.
Nottingham was crowned Sports University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 – the third time it has been given the honour since 2018 – and by the Daily Mail University Guide 2024.
The university is among the best universities in the UK for the strength of our research, positioned seventh for research power in the UK according to REF 2021. The birthplace of discoveries such as MRI and ibuprofen, our innovations transform lives and tackle global problems such as sustainable food supplies, ending modern slavery, developing greener transport, and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
The university is a major employer and industry partner - locally and globally - and our graduates are the second most targeted by the UK's top employers, according to The Graduate Market in 2022 report by High Fliers Research.
We lead the Universities for Nottingham initiative, in partnership with Nottingham Trent University, a pioneering collaboration between the city’s two world-class institutions to improve levels of prosperity, opportunity, sustainability, health and wellbeing for residents in the city and region we are proud to call home.
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