Report Skylarking: A Clown Trip for a Teaching Assistant
By Julia Voce, 2019
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Report Skylarking: A Clown Trip for a Teaching Assistant
By Julia Voce, 2019
Blogs & conversations Making universities more inclusive for people in recovery
Since 2015, I have been Chief Executive Officer of Recovery Connections, a Lived Experience Recovery Organisation in the North East of England. Through this work I see the impact of addiction, and the related stigma on the lives of individuals who look for support, plus their families and wider communities.
By Dorothy Smith, 2024
By Kerry Cressey, 2020
Blogs & conversations Reading in prisons - why there are grounds for optimism
Ministry of Justice data shows that 57 per cent of adult prisoners have literacy levels below those expected of an 11-year-old.
By Richard Wakelin, 2024
Blogs & conversations How tackling climate change can create connections
In 2022, I was fortunate to be awarded an Action Fund grant from the Churchill Fellowship, this helped to initiate an environmental project at the school where I teach, Northfleet Technology College in Kent.
By Michael Jones, 2023
News Teacher and his pupils win big!
Teacher and Churchill Fellow Michael Jones and his pupils win big award and another prize for climate change and sustainability.
4 December 2023
Fellows' updates November 2023 Fellow's update: Michael Jones
Teacher Michael Jones (CF 2015) has been selected as a finalist for the Climate Change Challenge being run out of Oxford University Business School. Read more about their Climate Change Challenge on their website.
By Michael Jones, 2023
Blogs & conversations Refugee integration in disadvantaged communities
"I am passionate about addressing this imbalance and was thrilled to be awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2020 to find out more about refugee integration in disadvantaged communities."
By Kerry Cressey, 2023
Fellows' updates October 2023 Fellow's update: Michael Jones
Teacher Michael Jones (CF 2015) has reported that the organisers of the Burjeel-Oxford Said Climate Change Challenge have selected his work on carbon capture as a finalist in their project. This enables Michael's work to be broadcast to a wider audience and it flows from his Fellowship project.
By Michael Jones, 2023
Fellows' updates September 2023 Fellow's update: Tracey Francis
Project Manager Tracey Francis' (CF 2015) Fellowship project focusing on preparing school-leavers with learning difficulties for higher education, employment or supported living. She recently gave us an update on the doors which her Fellowship have opened for her and how she is building on opportunities she has been given.
By Tracey Francis, 2023