In this blog post, I have copied the information sheet and consent form I created for my workshop participants. I emailed them in advance via the Academic Support ‘Email Registered Attendees’ option and printed them out for participants to complete at the start of my workshop. I have kept the copies in a secure drawer at the office and will destroy them when I complete my PgCert in January 2025.
Student Information Sheet
Project Title: Exploring Intersectionality through Object-based Learning
About this study
This project is part of my Action Research Unit on the PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design, and Communication course at UAL.
The aim is to develop an object-based learning workshop designed to meet the diverse needs and lived experiences of neurodiverse students of colour. Using the Museum’s collection, the workshop will explore the intersections of race, neurodiversity, and gender through the practice of object-based learning.
Feedback will be gathered through a mixed-methods survey at the end of the workshop, with responses analysed thematically to inform improvements.
What does it mean to take part?
If you take part, you are consenting to taking part in a workshop and survey at the CSM Museum & Study Collection in CSM, Kings Cross. The data will be used as the basis for academic analysis.
If you choose to take part, you will be free to withdraw your participation at any point. You will not be obliged to give any reason for deciding not to take part.
Will my participation be kept confidential?
Your anonymity is very important. The information about you will be confidential to me, as the researcher. You will not be identified individually anywhere in the research. If I quote anything you have said in an interview, it will be anonymous. An example might be: ‘Tutor A said, ‘The project is…’.’
What will happen to the results of the research project?
Analysis from the survey – including quotations from you – will contribute to an academic presentation and blog. Your words may also be used in exhibitions, academic reports, papers, or conference presentations. These may appear online.
Thank you for your contribution and participation in this study.
Contact for further information:
Dayna Tohidi, Investigator
07538 952 179
Student Consent Form
Project Title: Exploring Intersectionality through Object-based Learning
You are being invited to take part in a research project. Before you decide to take part, it is important for you to understand why the research is being done and what it will involve. Please take time to read the attached information sheet carefully and discuss it with others if you wish. Ask if anything is unclear or if you would like more information.
- I understand that I have given my consent to take part in this workshop and give my feedback in a survey
- I understand that I have given approval for my opinions to be included in the research outputs. Anything I say may be used in academic papers relating to the project, although these quotations will be anonymous.
- I have read the information sheet about the research project, which I have been asked to take part in and have been given a copy of this information to keep.
- What is going to happen and why it is being done has been explained to me, and I have had the opportunity to discuss the details and ask questions.
- Having given this consent I understand that I have the right to withdraw from the research programme at any time without disadvantage to myself and without having to give any reason.
- I hereby fully and freely consent to participation in the study, which has been fully explained to me.
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Contact
Investigator: Dayna Tohidi |Tel: 07538 952 179 | Email: d.tohidi@arts.ac.uk