| Subject | Higher Education |
| Type | Knowledge |
| Audience | Young Person |
| Location | On Campus |
| Year Group | Year 10, Year 12, L3 Y1 |
| Gatsby Benchmark | 7 |
| Term | Spring |
| Sign Up | Teacher |
Your black heritage students will get a chance to take part in lots of different activities, including exploring their education and career options and meeting role models from a variety of backgrounds, professions and experience levels. They’ll be inspired to explore their own aspirational future.
The University of East Anglia is a proud supporter of The Heritage & Cultural Diversity Forum (HCDF).
Our shared ambition is to provide minority ethnic students opportunities to be heard, to question, and to challenge preconceptions of higher education, training, and careers through meaningful and relevant engagement.
The Heritage & Cultural Diversity Forum was founded and is led by Obianuju Iyaji who is a teacher, educator, and inspirational leader in inclusive education.
Other key supporters include Norfolk Higher Aspirations Scheme and Norwich University of the Arts.
We’re proud to announce the Heritage & Cultural Diversity Forum Short Film Competition 2025.
Registrations are open now!
Who is the Short Film Competition for?
The competition is most suitable for Year 10 and Year 12/Level 3 Year 1 students from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
What will your students do?
Students will work in small groups of 4-5 to create a short film documentary featuring a story about Black and Minority Ethnic Heritage, with the theme of Breaking Barriers and Boundaries.
Year 10 students will make a short film about an individual. Meanwhile, Year 12/Level 3 Year 1 students will make a short film about a community group. All of the short films are expected to be 10-15 minutes long.
As part of the project, students will:
Workshop opportunities
From January to April, it is our ambition for participants to engage with workshops centered on creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. These workshops will be delivered by HCDF allies and/or creative professionals such as writers, filmmakers, editors etc.
Workshops will take place in a mixture of in school and online. This will be confirmed when we have a better understanding of how many schools have signed up to the project and the needs of the participants.
What will your students learn?
By participating in the project and accompanying workshops, students will have the opportunity to develop essential skills to succeed, such as:
More information about how this project links with the Skills Builder Universal Framework is detailed in the Teacher’s Briefing Document.
When will the project take place?
The project will begin in January to finish at the Heritage & Cultural Diversity Forum 2025 on Wednesday 09 July 2025, held at the University of East Anglia.
Got more questions?
If you have any questions about the project, please email blackhumanities.project@uea.ac.uk.
Interested in more activity for black heritage students? Check out the other activities in Black Humanities Project.
Got more questions? Contact our team – we’ll find the answers you’re looking for.
