Passing In (2018)

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Passing In: Access and influence in higher education

Collaborative interdisciplinary research performance engagement and education
22 November 2018

Miss Morison (Dr Kate Vigurs) leading the walking tour of 果冻影院漏 Natalia Janula

Miss Morison (Dr Kate Vigurs) in the 果冻影院 Library 漏 Natalia Janula

Miss Morison (Dr Kate Vigurs) in the 果冻影院 Octagon 漏 Natalia Janula

Miss Morison (Dr Kate Vigurs) in the 果冻影院 Flaxman gallery 漏 Natalia Janula

鈥楶assing in鈥� panel discussion from left to right: Uta Frith, Xueyan (Juno) Sun, Abeni Adeyemi, Sara Mole, Anne Moore, Manya Eversley 漏 Natalia Janula

鈥楶assing in鈥� panel discussion from left to right: Xueyan (Juno) Sun, Abeni Adeyemi, Sara Mole, Anne Moore, Manya Eversley, Ijeoma Uchegbu 漏 Natalia Janula

Miss Morison (Dr Kate Vigurs, centre) with Dr Georgina Brewis (left) and听Dr Nina Pearlman (right)听漏 Natalia Janula

Performance-led inquiry听into legacies of gender equality in higher education

This study day explored听gender equality at 果冻影院 since the 1860s, featuring a re-enactment performance of prospective students鈥� admissions experience before 1919. Set against the turbulent backdrop of women鈥檚 fight for equality in Britain, we invited reflection on the hidden 鈥榩assing-in鈥� rules still in place for women and minority groups in higher education.

This event was co-conceived and produced by Dr Georgina Brewis, 果冻影院 Institute of Education and Dr Nina Pearlman, 果冻影院 Culture. It was听a听collaboration between听a number of academic modules and was supported by Institute of Advanced Studies, 果冻影院 Culture 果冻影院 Press, 果冻影院 Institute of Education and 果冻影院 Special Collections.

This is part of 果冻影院 Art Museum's family of projects Curating Equality and 果冻影院's Grand Challenge Justice and Equality听补苍诲听coincided with听the 2018 publication of听the revised edition of and the Disrupters and Innovators听exhibition at 果冻影院 Octagon Gallery.听听This event took place on the 21 November 2018, 'Passing In: An audience with the Lady Superintendent for Women Students' was performed again by inviation at 果冻影院 Festival of Culture in June 2018.听Please find the programme听here.

The project听is incoporated into a module led by Georgina Brewis at the Institute of Education 'The Worlds of 果冻影院: Critical Histories of Education, Nation and Empire.

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Performance: Passing In: An audience with the Lady Superintendent of Women Studies: Dr , a professional historical interpreter, took听on the role of Miss Rosa Morison, Lady Superintendent of Women students (1883-1912) and, in full costume,听led participants on a walking performance of 果冻影院. This re-enactment immersed participants in 果冻影院 as it was between 1883 and 1919. All intending female students had to present a reference, in person, acceptable to the Lady Superintendent of Women Students. In 1883, birth control activist Annie Besant famously failed this test and was refused admittance. Intersections of gender with class, race and religion will be explored.听During the event, participants had听the opportunity to present themselves to Miss Morison, using stories taken from historic student records or by creating their own.

Discussion panel: Passing in today?听

An evening panel followed the afternoon of talks and performances and used听the听historical notion of 鈥榩assing in鈥� as a means to discuss what might still be hidden passing-in rules in higher education, in terms of gender but also religion, race, LGBTQ+ identity and other intersections of identity, questioning the听role played by networks and other diversity initiatives. Miss Morison (Kate Vigurs)听opened the evening . The following speakers took part in the event:

, Women鈥檚 Officer, Students鈥� Union 果冻影院听 and undergraduate 果冻影院 Neuroscience and Japanese
Manya Eversley, 果冻影院 Political Science undergraduate involving in making on Jewish student identity
Professor Uta Frith, cognitive neuroscientist; co-founder of 果冻影院 Women network; and one of the 鈥楩emale Firsts鈥� selected to mark #果冻影院Vote100
Anne Moore, Co-Chair of the largest staff network at 果冻影院, LGBTQ+ Equality Advisory Group; Business Development Manager, 果冻影院 Centre for Languages & International Education
Xueyan (Juno) Sun, 果冻影院 History PhD student working on representations of China and Chinese people in Hollywood
Professsor Ijeoma Uchegbu, Pro-Vice Provost - Africa and The Middle听East; Chair in Pharmaceutical Nanoscience; Provost鈥檚 Envoy on Race and Equality.

The information provided reflects the students' studies and academics' roles at the time of the event in 2018.

Teaching:听The Worlds of 果冻影院: Critical Histories of Education, Nation

This project is incorporated into the module 'The Worlds of 果冻影院: Critical Histories of Education National and Empire' led by Georgina Brewis at the Institute of Education.听This course approaches the study of the history of education through the lens听果冻影院, founded in 1826 and the Institute of Education, founded in 1902. It provides context to the historical evolution of the educational system in the UK and critically examines the close, but often hidden, connections between British education and empire, asking what impact these imperial legacies have today. It aims to provide a general introduction to the history of education, while preparing students to take more specialist history modules in year two and three. The course is structured in a broadly chronological fashion but each week also explores a different method or approach to studying, researching and making history.听 Students will be introduced to a range of transferable practical skills that are linked to assessment. It draws on 果冻影院's rich libraries, archives and museum collections and works in collaboration with colleagues in 果冻影院 Culture and 果冻影院 Libraries, Archives and Special Collections.听