London Metropolitan and Community Engagement in Education

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London Metropolitan and Community Engagement in
Education

• Dr Jennifer Somerville
• Director
• The London Office
• London Metropolitan University

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National
International
Local
Business
Ethnic
Community
Academic
Faith
Health
Interest Groups
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Islington Communities
Representation?
Beneficiary?
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Produce new and update existing workforce for
providing education services to the community
Recruit from local communities including
targeting BME and people with disabilities

• Education in the Community
• Early Years
• Primary Schooling
• Secondary Schooling
• Further Education
• Undergraduate and Postgraduate Education
• Continuing Professional Development
• Community based education

Empower local communities in developing skill
levels and aspirations
Engage with local partnerships
Research barriers to local community participation
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Engage Local Partnerships
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Research barriers to local participation

• Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE)
• Gender in Education
• Gender equality in work experience placements for
  young people
• Ethnicity and Education
• Black Teachers in London
• Employment barriers for refugees and asylum
  seekers in London
• Social Class and Education
• Social Class and Access to Higher Education
• Inner-city pupils identities, aspirations and
  post-16 routes
• Early Years Education
• Sure Start Euston Evaluation of home visiting
  teams
• Business support programmes for the Early Years
  sector an impact assessment
• School Education
• Involving Mathematics for Parents, Children and
  Teachers (IMPACT project)
• Progression at Year Ten impact of attitudinal,
  social and cultural factors

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Research barriers to local participation

• Post-compulsory Education
• Diversity Professional Resource Support Network
  for Teacher Training (Multiverse)
• Graduate Access to the Labour Market
• Social Justice and Social Policy in Education
• Aspirations of inner city school leavers
  identities and inequalities
• Teacher Education Addressing Multiculturalism in
  Europe (TEAM in Europe)
• Citizenship Education
• Children's Identity and Citizenship in Europe
  CiCe Erasmus European Thematic Network
• Teachers in Hungary and England comparison of
  attitudes on enterprise and citizenship
• Teachers and Teaching
• Attracting, developing and retaining effective
  teachers in the UK
• Teacher supply and retention in London

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Research barriers to local participation

• Cities Institute
• Social and Economic barriers to inclusion of
  disadvantaged communities
• Healthy cities and community health strategies
• Cultural and multicultural strategies
• Work for the Social Exclusion Unit and ODPM

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Empower local communities in developing skills
and aspirations

• College of London
• Widening participation Strategy
• RAGU
• Arts Learning Partnership
• Excellence in Cities
• London Summer University
• Islington Summer University
• Business Development Services
• Shoreditch Building
• Programmes to support the unemployed, support
  start-up companies and support SMEs
• Careers Development and Employment Service
• Staff and Student Volunteering
• Student Placements

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Recruit from local communities

• Widening Participation Strategy
• Students are recruited from local community
  groups who are traditionally under-represented
  including BME groups and people with disabilities
• Provision of support and facilities for students
  with disabilities
• Provision of support and facilities for students
  from faith communities
• 90 of teaching graduates go on to work in inner
  city London schools

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Producing and upskilling the professional labour
Force

• Department of Education
• Early Years
• Teacher Training
• Classroom Assistants
• Foundation Degrees, Undergraduate and
  Postgraduate Degrees, Inservice Training
• IT Learning Exchange
• In partnership with schools
• DASS
• Community Nursing
• Social Work