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Building Partnerships to Raise the Educational Achievement of Gypsy and Traveller Communities Keynote speaker: Arthur Ivatts, Profesional Policy Adviser to DfES/OFSTED for Gypsy/Roma and Traveller Education The barriers to educational attainment faced by members of Gypsy and Traveller communities have a significant impact on their future. This disadvantage stems not from any isolated issue, but from a complex mix including the mobility of their lifestyle and the prejudice and discrimination they sometimes face The need to continue encouraging progress and driving forward reforms remains a considerable priority for all those in education sector. Enrolment, attendance and achievement remain difficult areas for Gypsies and Travellers, as identified by recent Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) research. Despite such concern, some significant improvements have been made, as proven by the many success stories that exist across the UK. The challenge for the education sector is to ensure that best practice becomes widespread and that partnership working delivers effective support. Designed to benefit those with an interest in the educational achievement of the Gypsy and Traveller community, this conference brings together representatives from leading organisations and groups to share important best practice solutions to raising the educational achievement of Gypsy and Traveller communities. This one day conference will:
For further information contact Jim Hendry on 020 7324 4361, email james.hendry@neilstewartassociates.co.uk. To register online visit: www.neilstewartassociates.com/jd156/register.html.
British Muslims: Exclusion or Engagement? Date: Wolfson College, Oxford University Programme 9.00 - 11.00:
Panel One: Muslim Identity in Contemporary Britain 11.00 - 11.15: coffee 11.15 - 1.15: Panel Two:
Challenges Facing Muslims in the UK Today 1.15 - 2.00: prayers and lunch Keynote speaker: Sir Ian Blair (Metropolitan Police Commissioner): The Role of British Muslims in UK Public Life 2.00 - 4.00: Panel Three:
Faith and Politics in the British Muslim Community 4.00 - 4.15: tea 4.15 - 6.15: Panel Four:
Muslim Women, Family and Youth in Britain Conference fee: £10 (includes morning coffee, three course lunch and afternoon tea). For details and reservations: 01865 766032, info@meco.org.uk.
Date: Monday 18 July 2005 Conference to raise awareness of and promote support for families affected by autism from Black and minority ethnic communities in the UK. The National Autistic Society (NAS), the UK's leading charity for people with autism, their families and carers, will hold the Building Bridges conference on 18 July 2005 at Friends House in Euston, London, with the Afiya Trust. It is the first of five conferences planned for 2005 to specifically raise awareness of and promote support for families affected by autism from Black and minority ethnic communities in the UK. Autism affects around one in 110 people in the UK and about 40% of the UKs black and ethnic minority (BME) communities live in London. Therefore it can be estimated that there are likely to be around 17,500 families in London from BME communities affected by autism. However, the NAS has found that the uptake of its advice and support services in the London area does not reflect the ethnic mix of the population. The BME Project along with the introduction of Language Line, a three way phone conference service which allows non-English speaking callers to access the Autism Helpline through interpreters in over 120 languages, were launched last year to address this deficit. Prithvi Perepa, the NAS Development Officer for the BME Project, said: Through the conference the NAS will bring together individuals with autism, their families and carers, and professionals working in the field to understand each others perspective, to share good practice and to plan the way forward. If you would like more information about the conference or would like to attend, please contact the NAS Training and Consultancy team on 0115 911 3363 or email training@nas.org.uk.
The XXI Conference of the International Association for Media and History Date: 20-24 July 2005 Keynote Speakers:
For registration and more information go to www.iamhist.org.
Ethnicity and Culture in the Global City Date: 25-26 July 2005, 12.30pm – 2.00pm Race Equality West Midlands
in partnership with
The Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture, University of Birmingham Race Equality West Midlands and the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture, University of Birmingham, are pleased to announce a new series of lunch-time seminars on the theory and practice of race and ethnic relations, and more general equality issues. The seminars are designed to bring academic researchers together with community practitioners to explore how each might contribute to the other’s work. Practitioners will alert researchers to the emerging issues that they have to deal with in the course of their daily work, while researchers will provide theoretical insight, critical distancing, and up-to-date evidence to inform policy and practice. Each seminar will last for a one-and-a-half hour lunch break with an expert input of up to half that time and the rest dedicated to discussion. Light refreshment will be supplied to encourage the exchange of ideas. The series is aimed at race equality and diversity officers in the public or voluntary and community sectors, undergraduate and postgraduate students of social science and social policy, and members of the public with a knowledge of, and interest in, equality issues.
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