Inclusivity campaign

In 2024, the Kaiwhakamanawa Tauira (student inspirers) and the Wheako Tauira Student Experience team hosted an In Common workshop and photoshoot as part of a campaign to help Lincoln students appreciate their common ground.

The In Common workshop connected students and staff from different backgrounds through an LU personalised quiz aimed to foster connection and conversation between people who hadn't met before. Some particularly brave students and staff opted-in to being part of the official campaign that features on campus and LU socials online throughout the remainder of 2024 and 2025. See a selection of these campaign posters below.

When we encounter new people in new environments, we tend to gravitate towards others we perceive to be ‘like us’ and we are more likely to interact with people with whom we assume we have common ground... Without realising it, we can be limiting our interactions through the assumption: this person looks different to me, so we won’t have much in common. Moreover, our research has shown that small interactions (smiling and making an approach, striking up a conversation) make a big impact on people’s feelings of inclusion, or exclusion, especially those from minority cultures, so small actions and kindnesses matter.

In Common 

Find out more about In Common — In Common website