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Cultural Competency

What is Cultural Competency?

At King’s we want to work together as a community to enhance the Cultural Competency of all our students and staff. We define Cultural Competency as the ability to view the world through the lens of other people – in all their diversity.

What we see depends on where we stand. We cannot seek to solve problems around us or indeed the global problems we seek to solve if we cannot see the perspectives of the other.

Professor 'Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President of International, Engagement & Service

 

Co-create with us

Cultural Competency at King's is unique as it is shaped by students and staff alike. There are a number of ways you can help develop cultural competency programmes and get involved in research projects.

How to get involved in shaping the programmes

The best way to get involved is to join The Cultural Competency Co-Creation Steering Group (4C).

The principle of the 4C is to foster collaboration, co-creation, and empowerment. Membership comprises of the university’s cultural competency experts and champions, many of whom have been on King’s journey towards institutional cultural competency from the beginning. We seek to provide an open and supportive platform for networking and peer-support to both colleagues and students who wish to develop these projects.  

Members of the 4C can form Special Interest Groups (SIG) to carry out specific research or educational projects. Please see below for more information about forming a SIG. 

Download 4C Terms of Reference

How to join the 4C

The 4C is held four times a year, To find out when the next 4C is being held, please contact interhums@kcl.ac.uk. Everyone is welcome.

Join the 4C

Join the 4C

Apply to join the King's Cultural Competency Co-Creation Steering Group (4C).

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How is Cultural Competency impacting King's?

Nurturing a culturally inclusive environment is integral to King's, with Cultural Competency initiatives sitting at the heart of this work.

As part of 'A College-wide educational endeavour to shape a culturally competent King’s', Dr Alice Hazard and Dr Edward Ademolu gathered data from across the College to build a picture of the impact of Cultural Competency.

Supported by the Race Equity & Inclusive Education Fund (REIEF), the evaluation project explores the extent to which staff and students understand Cultural Competency and their experiences of its initiatives.

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