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Date: 07 October 2008 13:22 +0100
From: CPPS Seminars <[log in to unmask]>
To: CPPS Seminars <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Child Poverty and Underachievement
IMPORTANT CROSS-CUTTING SEMINAR ON
CHILD POVERTY AND UNDERACHIEVEMENT
WITH KEY LEADING FIGURES FROM GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, ACADEMIA, MEDICINE,
NGOs AND BUSINESS
Wednesday 15 October, 2008
- Manchester Art Gallery
Contributors include
· Caroline Kelham, Head, Cross-Government Child Poverty Unit
· Helen Barnard, Principal Research Manager, Joseph Rowntree
Foundation
· John Dickie, Head of Child Poverty Action Group, Scotland
· Jonathan Green, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
· Caroline Roberts-Cherry, President, Greater Manchester Employer
Coalition
· Sally Threlfall, Chief Officer, Early Years and Youth Service,
Leeds City Council
· David Scott, Headteacher, All Saints' College, Newcastle upon
Tyne
· Bryce Wilby, President Elect, National Organisation for Pupil
Referral Units
· Mel Ainscow, Professor of Education, University of Manchester
· Edward Collins, Regional Officer, Association of School and
College Leaders
Issues covered
· To what extent does child and family poverty contribute to both
alienation and underachievement ?
· How should national policy most effectively tackle causes and
outcomes of child and family poverty?
· What more should central government be doing with finance and
strategic leadership?
· What more should local government be doing in leading local
action and providing effective services?
· What more should schools be doing to ensure pupils from poor
backgrounds achieve their full potential?
· What more should both the private and third sectors be doing in
providing jobs and services?
· What more should pupil referral units do and how better should
their pupils be integrated into the mainstream?
· What more should be done to tackle the issues of young runaways?
· Where can we hope to be in ten years time?
How to Book
To see the full programme, speaker biographies, venue information and
booking details Click Here
There are discounts for voluntary and community organisations and for block
bookings
Please note
Any problems, please contact Louise Rushworth on 01422 845004 or email
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Dave Gordon
Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research
University of Bristol
8 Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK
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Tel: +44-(0)117-954 6761
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