Decolonisation and diversification of the curricula as a student-staff partnership

There is a perception that the sciences are unbiased and deliver objective facts. However, historical and Eurocentric biases in funding and research have created a ripple effect in which inequities are translated into taught material influencing future generations. This student-led partnership developed a framework to assess taught content for geographical, historical, and colonial bias/perspective. This identified areas which required diversification and/or redesign. Student partners developed and delivered a workshop for undergraduate students to teach them about the colonial roots of many of the core concepts in the biosciences. This was received positively by students who praised the interactive delivery style.