Our Story
The Intersectionality Learning College (TILC) was created by Melanie Hibbert an educator, survivor, and a visionary who turned pain into purpose. TILC is the first learning college of its kind to centre trauma-informed, intersectional education for women and marginalised learners in the UK.
We exist to make learning safe, human, and healing again, for those who've been overlooked, misunderstood or shut out by traditional systems.
Our Mission
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To deliver vocational education that honours lived experience, identity, and recovery
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To dismantle shame and rebuild confidence through inclusion, accredited learning
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To offer flexible, dignity-first education that leads to real-world progression.
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Our Values
Lived Experiences:
LeadershipWe are led by survivors, mothers, and women who’ve walked the walk.
Progression, Not Pressure:
Your pace is your power. We guide, support, and uplift.
Trauma-Informed Practice:
We create safe, responsive learning environments. No triggering, no pressure.
Intersectionality:
Intersectionality: We see the whole person, race, religion, class, gender, ability, story.
Accessibility & Inclusion:
Whether you’re disabled, neurodivergent, have anxiety or rebuilding, you belong here.
User Led Approach:
We don’t just design for learners we build with them, co-creating every step of the way.
Not Just A College
An Inclusive Movement
We are not a traditional education provider. We are a college designed for those who were never meant to survive the system and who now deserve to thrive. At TILC, education is not about ticking boxes.
It’s about rewriting futures with compassion, creativity, and care.
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