NNECL webinar: Supporting our students' success and social capital development
Supporting our students' success and social capital development through inclusive teaching practice and programmes of support
Event Details
In this webinar, we will explore how a whole institution approach and the language that we use can impact on a young person from a care backgrounds outcomes in education.
We are delighted to be joined by Corin Barton from the University of Law and Wendy Price from the University of Sunderland who will share how their internal training and programmes enable staff to better support their learners.
Guest Speakers
- Corin Barton, The University of Law: Corin Barton will outline the training offered to ULAW academic and business staff to enable them to better support students with care experience. It will focus on areas including the use of language, academic support and classroom delivery. Corin has lectured at ULAW for over twenty years and has personal experience as a foster carer, special guardian and adoptive parent.
- Wendy Price OBE is the Head of Widening Access and Participation at the University of Sunderland. Wendy will share how the 'We Care' programme provides a full lifecycle approach for supporting students at Sunderland. This includes training and a resource toolkit for academic and support staff, and an ‘opt in’ sharing agreement for students.
PRICING
This is a FREE for members and £25.00 pp for non members. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to check your membership status.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This webinar is useful for all practitioners and academics in an education setting, as well as those supporting learners with their education journey. This webinar will also be helpful for those looking to develop their work in section 6 on the NNECL Quality Mark.
HOW WILL IT BE DELIVERED?
- Via Microsoft Teams
A link will be made available on the email invitation once you have booked the event.
WILL THIS EVENT BE RECORDED?
Yes, this event is being recorded and will be uploaded to the NNECL Members area after the event. Those who are not members will be able to access the recording via a link.
We may also take images of the event to share on our social media, if you wish not be included, please do reach out on [email protected].
YOUR ACCESS NEEDS
We are an organisation that believes in inclusivity, therefore we aim to run accessible training and events. You should feel welcomed, included, and able to fully engage in our sessions.
All online events will have closed captions.
To help us, please share any access needs you have when prompted by our booking form. We may be in touch to ensure we’re making the right adjustments.
HAVING TROUBLE BOOKING?
Do contact us via [email protected] to get support from one of the team.
