Research Spotlight: Exploring students’ experiences of racially inclusive assessment practices in online distance learning. Developing a best practice model.

Have you heard about the idea of a ‘hidden curriculum’ in education? The hidden curriculum refers to the unintended lessons, values, and norms that students learn through social interactions and the overall environment of the school, rather than through formal teaching from an agreed curriculum. This research project, funded by PRAXIS Scholarship, explores how the Campbell and Duke’s Racially Inclusive Practice (RIPIAG) framework (Campbell and Duke, 2023) can be used to support university students who enrol in distance learning. The framework has been designed to address the hidden curriculum of assessment and uneven levels of assessment preparation in studying that has been found to most impact racially minoritised students.