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1120674
UCL
27/10/2026
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Part-time; 20 hours in total with some specific dates required for workshops in 2027 (exact dates listed below)
Not Applicable
Pay
£14.85
£2.78
Description
Role
Unitemps are recruiting for a Inclusive Design Co-Creator. This role is suitable for UCL Students Only. This is a part-time role with varying hours; the project is for 20 hours in total, with some working dates mandatory (10:00 - 12:00 in 2027, exact dates listed below). This role is for an asap start date (end of October) and a projected end date of July 30th 2027. Payment is set at £14.85 per hour + £2.78 holiday pay. This role is UCL hybrid working.
Context
UCL Arena is UCL's academic development centre, supporting staff to enhance teaching, learning and assessment across the university. Through professional development programmes, educational enhancement initiatives and partnership activities, UCL Arena works to improve educational quality and the student experience.
This role forms part of the Student Success Project, From Barrier Stories to Design Change: A Disabled and Neurodivergent Student Inclusive Design Panel. The project seeks to place disabled and neurodivergent students' expertise at the centre of educational design by exploring barriers and enablers to learning and translating these insights into practical improvements for teaching, assessment, communication and student support.
Main purpose of the job
The Student Inclusive Design Co-Creator will contribute lived experience and expertise as a disabled and/or neurodivergent student to inform the development of staff-facing resources and inclusive educational design approaches.
Working in partnership with UCL Arena staff and fellow student co-creators, the postholder will support the identification, review and interpretation of anonymised student insights, helping ensure that project outputs are informed by authentic student perspectives and contribute to more inclusive teaching and learning practices across UCL.
Students will not be asked to disclose diagnoses or evaluate individual staff members, modules or departments.
Duties and responsibilities
- Contribute anonymised insights about barriers and enablers affecting access, participation, clarity and belonging in learning.
- Participate in project workshops, discussions and collaborative review activities.
- Review anonymised student stories and emerging themes to help identify priorities for inclusive educational design.
- Contribute lived experience expertise to support the development of student-informed recommendations.
- Provide feedback on draft workshop materials, learning resources and staff development activities.
- Contribute to the development and review of a Barrier-to-Inclusive Design Strategy Map.
- Sense-check project findings to ensure they accurately represent student experiences and perspectives.
- Identify examples of inclusive practices that support learning, engagement and belonging.
- Work collaboratively with project staff and fellow student co-creators throughout the project.
- Contribute to discussions regarding accessibility, inclusion and inclusive educational practice.
- Support awareness and engagement with the project where appropriate.
- Attend all scheduled project workshops and agreed activities.
- Wednesday 20th January 2027, 10am - 12noon
- Wednesday 10th February 2027, 10am - 12noon
- Wednesday 10th March 2027, 10am - 12noon
- Complete any agreed preparation or follow-up activities associated with project workshops.
General
- Follow and actively promote the UCL Ways of Working.
- Contribute positively to a respectful, inclusive and collaborative working environment.
- Carry out any other duties within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the line manager.
- This job description may be reviewed and be subject to amendment in consultation with the post holder.
- UCL offers hybrid working where appropriate. Whilst the contractual place of work remains UCL’s Bloomsbury campus, some activities may be undertaken remotely.
Skills and experience
Essential Criteria
Qualifications, experience and knowledge
- Current UCL undergraduate, postgraduate taught or doctoral student
- Identifies as disabled and/or neurodivergent
- Interest in improving inclusive teaching, learning and the student experience
- Interest in accessibility, inclusion and/or inclusive educational practice
- Availability to attend all scheduled workshops and project activities
Skills and abilities
- Ability to communicate ideas, experiences and perspectives clearly and respectfully
- Ability to reflect on experiences in a constructive and solution-focused way
- Ability to work collaboratively with staff and fellow students
- Ability to contribute effectively to group discussions and co-creation activities
- Ability to review information and provide constructive feedback
- Good organisational skills and ability to meet agreed commitments
UCL Ways of Working
- Ability to work collaboratively, listen to different perspectives and contribute constructively to shared goals in line with UCL’s Ways of Working
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of advocacy, partnership or co-creation activities
- Experience providing feedback on services, resources, projects or student initiatives
Location
UCL; hybrid working, part from the office and part from home
Additional information
This job will close for applications at 11.59pm on Monday October 19th. Interviews will be held shortly after.
*Please note to be eligible to work within this role, you must have the right to work in the UK, be physically based in the UK and be able to travel to our London based office for a RTW check (if required).
*If you have a full-time contract of employment with UCL, you are not able to work through UCL Unitemps at the same time.
Unitemps reserves the right to close this advert for applications prior to the date specified above, if a high volume of suitable applications are received so pleased don't delay applying.
Unitemps payroll is monthly, one month in arrears, please see the payroll dates here.
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