Performance-led inquiry into legacies of gender equality in higher educationThis study day explored gender equality at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê since the 1860s, featuring a re-enactment performance of prospective students’ admissions experience before 1919. Set against the turbulent backdrop of women’s fight for equality in Britain, we invited reflection on the hidden ‘passing-in’ rules still in place for women and minority groups in higher education.This event was co-conceived and produced by Dr Georgina Brewis, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Education and Dr Nina Pearlman, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Culture. It was a collaboration between a number of academic modules and was supported by Institute of Advanced Studies, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Culture Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Press, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Education and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Special Collections.This is part of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Art Museum's family of projects Curating Equality and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's Grand Challenge Justice and Equality and coincided with the 2018 publication of the revised edition of The World of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and the Disrupters and Innovators exhibition at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Octagon Gallery. 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 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Festival of Culture in June 2018. Please find the programme here.The project is incoporated into a module led by Georgina Brewis at the Institute of Education 'The Worlds of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê: Critical Histories of Education, Nation and Empire. 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This re-enactment immersed participants in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê 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. During the event, participants had 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? An evening panel followed the afternoon of talks and performances and used the historical notion of ‘passing in’ 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 role played by networks and other diversity initiatives. Miss Morison (Kate Vigurs) opened the evening . The following speakers took part in the event:Abeni Adeyemi, Women’s Officer, Students’ Union Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and undergraduate Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Neuroscience and JapaneseManya Eversley, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Political Science undergraduate involving in making ‘JewCL’ podcast on Jewish student identityProfessor Uta Frith, cognitive neuroscientist; co-founder of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Women network; and one of the ‘Female Firsts’ selected to mark #Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊVote100Anne Moore, Co-Chair of the largest staff network at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, LGBTQ+ Equality Advisory Group; Business Development Manager, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Centre for Languages & International EducationXueyan (Juno) Sun, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê History PhD student working on representations of China and Chinese people in HollywoodProfesssor Ijeoma Uchegbu, Pro-Vice Provost - Africa and The Middle East; Chair in Pharmaceutical Nanoscience; Provost’s Envoy on Race and Equality.The information provided reflects the students' studies and academics' roles at the time of the event in 2018.Teaching: The Worlds of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê: Critical Histories of Education, NationThis project is incorporated into the module 'The Worlds of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê: Critical Histories of Education National and Empire' led by Georgina Brewis at the Institute of Education. This course approaches the study of the history of education through the lens Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, 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. Students will be introduced to a range of transferable practical skills that are linked to assessment. It draws on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's rich libraries, archives and museum collections and works in collaboration with colleagues in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Culture and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Libraries, Archives and Special Collections. 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