LCC Changemakers

Why apply to be a Changemaker?

You might apply if you’d like to:

• Develop an understanding of decolonial and inclusive approaches in education.
• Work with staff teams to improve the student experience.
• Be a social justice champion and advocate in the creative arts.
• Develop a career in community, employability, teaching, and learning.
• Grow your creative practice by contributing to blogs, campaigns, visual projects, and storytelling for social justice.

What do Changemakers do?

LCC Changemakers is an award-winning programme of co-creators and student partners. They work with staff across programmes, libraries, and careers/employability to reimagine social justice and embed it into the curriculum.

Changemakers lead creative, collective projects inspired by decolonial approaches and lived experience. This can include:

• Administering blogs, hosting and writing content that amplifies student voice.
• Designing branding and visibility campaigns that highlight Changemaker work.
• Developing a digital visual archive to translate ideas of racial and social justice into accessible formats.
• Producing a coauthored publication / annual report that captures the Changemakers’ impact.
• Co-designing presentations and leading workshops and events with students and staff.

Each successful candidate will work together on producing a programme publication, and digital archive/website. See below for past LCC Changemakers outputs:

• The LCC Changemakers Blog: This is where all our student-led work, past awards and achievements, and updates are recorded.
• LCC Changemakers Co-authored Publication 2025: A publication co-authored by the LCC Changemakers.
• LCC Changemakers Co-authored Publication 2026: A publication co-authored by student partner activists, led by the LCC Changemakers.
• LCC x Salford University: Visualising Justice 2025: This is our practice research and knowledge exchange symposia co-hosted with Salford University.
• LCC x SOAS University: Visualising Justice 2026: This is our practice research and knowledge exchange symposia co-hosted with SOAS University.

There will be an opportunity to apply for an extended contract from June to July 2027 for candidates interested in scholarship and sharing their learning and practice as part of conferences and staff development weeks. 

How and when do Changemakers work?

Changemakers work both online and in-person. Working hours are flexible and agreed with your manager. Regular check-ins will be held online, with one in-person/onsite team meeting each month.

Duties and responsibilities of Changemakers

• Develop projects and initiatives that engage students, staff and industry in decoloniality, anti-racism and social justice in an intersectional way.
• Work with course teams to review and co-design teaching practices.
• Liaise with student reps, the Student Union, and directly with students.
• Co-design and deliver presentations, workshops, blogs, and campaigns.
• Contribute to creative outputs (e.g. blogs, branding, publication, yearbook/report).
• Carry out project reviews of teaching and learning initiatives funded by LCC/UAL EDI grants and Teaching and Learning Innovation Funds.
• Take an active role in training and development, sharing learning with peers and growing in knowledge and confidence.
• Collaborate with the Changemakers Coordinator, Deans, Associate Deans and Programme Directors on projects such as course redesign, evaluation, and new collaborative initiatives.