reaching the hard to reach: collaborative models in the east midlands (nottingham, ntu, leicester...
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Reaching the Hard to Reach: Collaborative Models in the East Midlands (Nottingham, NTU, Leicester and Lincoln)
Mary Brittain, Mirella Santamaría, Jodeine Wheatcroft, Neil Hughes
Reaching the Hard to Reach
• National context: Routes and HEFCE• Widening participation: focus on
social disadvantage• East Midlands context• Need for:
• collaboration• targeting (IMD, POLAR2, FSM) • evidence of impact
Projects/activitiesStudent ambassador schemes:
University of NottinghamNottingham Trent UniversityUniversity of Lincoln
E-mentoring:University of Leicester
Bespoke Programme:Nottingham Trent University
Easter and summer courses
Projects/activitiesOne-off events
• European Day of Languages• Olympics themed events• Languages and Film sessions• Competitions
Resources• Online language learning resources• Guide to learning languages in the East Midlands
23,000 pupils from 520 schools across the East Midlands benefitted from our projects
East Midlands Business Language ChampionsLanguages and You Presentation:
• Employability• Intercultural understanding• Puts into context the usefulness and importance
of languages• Helps inform option choices
200 presentations to 16,000 pupilsacross the region
Bringing Languages and Business Together
The Bespoke Programme - Rationale
• Enabling pupils to see languages ‘beyond the walls
of the classroom’
• Raising aspirations & broadening horizons for a
cohort of WP pupils
• Aiming for the highest impact intensive, multiple,
sequential interventions
The Bespoke Programme – Example Content
International student panel
Presentation skills in
action, with props!
Trip to the French
embassy in London
Taster sessions in
other languages
French enrichment
Building relationships with
students and speakers of other
languages
Self defence in French with ‘Mad
Max’
End of programme presentation day
at school
Exploring life on campus
The Bespoke Programme – Factors for Success
• Commitment from school
• Diverse & creative activities
• Energy & enthusiasm
• 4-5 sequential interventions linked to Key Stage 3+4
• Building relationships & trust with pupils
• The Embassy!
• Collaboration
The Bespoke Programme – The Impact
2009 = 6 pupils taking GCSE French at Parkside School with the languages department in danger of closing
Bespoke Language Programme
2012 = 30 pupils taking GCSE French, thriving languages community within school
The Bespoke Programme – The Impact
“ It has been the most amazing project, not only in respect to the results – Parkside going from their French option in danger of disappearing from the curriculum to a now healthy class size, plus discussions to add Spanish to the provision – but also in the example of how collaboration can work.
The way in which your team have worked with us has proven that when people are dedicated and committed, real success can be achieved. The programme has been exciting, innovative and challenging. Personally, this collaboration will be the standard by which I think collaboration should be measured.”
Rachael Nicholls, Aimhigher Derbyshire
Resources
• Web-based resources• Ambassadors Learn Languages• Log-onto-languages