There are a few different tools and best practice approaches that we recommend here for you to take into consideration.
This could include looking at the content of your lists, considering the format of materials recommended, and reviewing instructions, notes and tags you make available to your student cohorts.
We've put together a few tools that might appeal. Do let us know if you have come across anything else you'd like to recommend or any further questions. Please feel free to contact us: AELD@westminster.ac.uk
Our own recent research, using UX techniques to better understand what our students expect from their reading lists, brought us the following feedback:
Do you want to develop and evaluate your reading list with a decolonising approach?
Auditing the content of your list can be a good start, especially if you are keen to draw a comparison with the needs of your student cohort.
This is work going on throughout the HE sector in the UK and we've highlighted a few guides and examples here:
You can find out more on decolonising work in your subject discipline and here at Westminster on our library decolonising page
Your subject specialist academic engagement librarian is also here to support you in working towards more engaging reading lists.
