Refugee Children
and
School Education
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne
Wednesday 18th January 2006
9.15am — 5pm
Aims of the seminar
The aim of the seminar is to consider the range of support available to asylum
seeker and refugee children within the education system and to explore a
number of related issues with the participants. Feedback from the preliminary
findings of the two projects will also be presented.
The seminar will:
• Provide opportunities for discussion and dissemination of issues amongst
policy makers, practitioners, researchers, asylum seekers and refugees
• Provide an opportunity for DDC and NFER to present research findings to date
and for others to comment and provide feedback
Who should attend:
The seminar is targeting groups who provide a service directly or indirectly
to asylum seekers and refugees. The following groups will be invited to attend:
• Voluntary Sector Service Organisations - Refugee Community Organisation
representatives and Refugee Council
• Statutory Service Organisations – LEAs, Home Office, OFSTED, DfES ethnic
minority achievement team to include policy makers/gatekeepers
• Researchers / other interested groups
• Other practitioners
Northumbria University’s Disaster and Development Centre (DDC) and the
National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) have, since April 2005, been
running two projects supported by CfBT which aim to explore educational
support for asylum seeker and refugee children in England.
The SPARC Project (Supporting Asylum Seeker and Refugee Children within the
education system in England ) working in partnership with the North of England
Refugee Service (NERS) focuses on the North East of England. Using an
ethnographic approach, the study explores the support being used by asylum
seeker and refugee children in their integration into the education system
with a view to providing policy options to local, regional and national
levels.
CfBT is an education trust. Their purpose is to provide education for the
public benefit and they are worldwide leaders in this field. Their work is
concerned with efficiently run schools, effective teaching, raising standards
as well as reform and implementation of education policy at government level.
CfBT is a registered charity, and surpluses from operational activities is
placed in trust to fund educational research and development work.
NFER is providing an overview of educational support for asylum seeker and
refugee children in England. The study has two phases: a survey and a case
study of six LEAs. The survey focuses on the range of support provided by LEAs
for asylum seeker and refugee pupils and their families. The case-study phase
will focus on the implementation of support in practice.
The North of England Refugee Service (NERS) was established in 1989 as an
independent and charitable organisation which exists to meet the needs and
promote the interests of asylum seekers and refugees who have arrived or have
settled in the North of England. NERS acts as an agent of positive change in
order to improve the everyday life conditions of asylum seekers and refugees,
and to promote social inclusion by facilitating their integration and equal
participation within British society.
How to Book
You may book by phone, by post, by fax or by e-mail but in all cases, we need
you to complete the details on the booking form below. All communications
should be addressed to: Julie Blakey (Sustainable Cities Research Institute),
conference administrator, who will confirm the booking.
By Post:
Disaster and Development Centre, Northumbria University, 6 North Street East,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST
By Fax: 0191 227 3066
By Phone: 0191 227 3500
By Email: [log in to unmask]
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