Changemaker Evaluation & Impact Project (UAL, 2024–2025)
Principal Investigator: Kevin J. Brazant
Co-researcher & VR Lead: Jiayi Wu
Co-researcher: Chiara Portinari, Saranya Satheesh
Funded by: UAL Climate, Racial and Social Justice Fund
Co-researcher & VR Lead: Jiayi Wu
Co-researcher: Chiara Portinari, Saranya Satheesh
Funded by: UAL Climate, Racial and Social Justice Fund
Project Overview
This project evaluates and documents UAL Changemakers, a student–staff partnership programme co-creating inclusive pedagogies and embedding equity and social justice in curriculum design.
As the co-researcher and technical lead, I developed the VR body-mapping prototype that extends traditional reflective evaluation into an embodied, multisensory form. Participants used immersive tools to visualise and externalise emotional experiences related to identity, belonging, and justice.
As the co-researcher and technical lead, I developed the VR body-mapping prototype that extends traditional reflective evaluation into an embodied, multisensory form. Participants used immersive tools to visualise and externalise emotional experiences related to identity, belonging, and justice.
A preview of the prototype was presented in the project’s pre-video, demonstrating how embodied gestures and spatial drawing can reveal affective dimensions of learning that are difficult to capture through conventional surveys or interviews.
Recognition
Tom Burns Memorial Award 2025 – ALDinHE (UK)
People’s Prize for Equality and Diversity 2025 – UAL Knowledge Exchange Staff Awards
People’s Prize for Equality and Diversity 2025 – UAL Knowledge Exchange Staff Awards