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Student reading list collaboration
By Hazel M Ingrey, on 25 July 2025
In May this year the ReadingLists@UCL Team were joined by a Masters student from the Department of Information Studies on a two week placement.
With an interest in academic libraries, they undertook an overview of daily work in several aspects of the Institute of Education library, where we are based, as well as more detailed work in Teaching and Learning Services.
Sitting in to observe the Reading Lists Advisory Group they contributed helpful feedback on the ReadingLists@UCL student support pages which are under review and due to be published before session start in September. The group have an aim to hear from students so this was very valuable to us!
Their special project however related to Liberating the Curriculum using online reading lists as a starting point. After some background research they chose an existing module’s reading list to evaluate and then look for suggested alternative texts. It was a terrific example of why this is complex work, even for an up to date module already working to be inclusive. We hope to post the student’s version of this experience, along with some of their thoughts and findings.
For a starting point in using your reading list to review your curriculum, do visit the Liberating the Curriculum page of the ReadingLists@UCL guide.
