Connecting Voices, Developing a Space for Creative Communication

A paper summarising the methodologies and evaluated outcomes of a research project involving COVO, an educational charity in Peckham, south London, and a group of volunteer student participants from London College of Communication (LCC), one of the six colleges within University of the Arts London (UAL). The project was developed and supported by UAL’s Retain, Achieve and Succeed (RAS) research fund, made available for researchers within the university to investigate and improve aspects of the attainment of home Black and Minority Ethic (BME) students. The project was a collaboration between Dr Charley Peters (LCC), COVO and filmmaker Edward Otchere, culminating in a written paper, documentary film and workshop presentation at the conference 'Towards a Progressive Arts Education: Inclusion, Change and Intervention' at the British Library, November 2013.