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Collaboration as a strategy for promoting equity in education: possibilities and barriers
- Suitable for Headteachers and Senior Leaders
The Focus of this session is around school to school support and working in collaboratives
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Professor Mel Ainscow CBE
Professor Mel Ainscow specializes in the areas of equity, inclusion and school improvement. Currently Mel is leading Schools Challenge Cymru, the Welsh Government’s multi-million pound flagship programme to accelerate the rate of improvement across the country’s schools. Between 2007 and 2011 he led the Greater Manchester Challenge a project that involved a partnership between national government, ten local authorities, 1,150 schools and many other stakeholders, and had a government investment of around £50 million. Previously a head teacher, local education authority inspector and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Mel’s work attempts to explore connections between inclusion, teacher development and school improvement.
Mel was director of a UNESCO Teacher Education project on inclusive education which involved research and development in over 80 countries, and has been a consultant to UNESCO, UNICEF and Save the Children. In the 2012 New Year Honours list he was awarded a CBE for services to education. He is a Fellow of the RSA. In 2013 he was appointed as specialist adviser to the House of Commons Education Committee.
Current Positions Held:
September 1995 to present, Professor of Education (now Emeritus) and Co-director, Centre for Equity in Education, University of Manchester
September 2012 to present, Adjunct Professor of Education, Queensland University of Technology
January 2016 to present, Honorary Professor of Practice at University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Personal Achievements and Awards:
2012 New Year honours list, awarded a CBE for services to Education.
Fellow of the RSA.
Hopwood Hall College
Free parking is available onsite - just press the buzzer at the barrier and say you're here for a REAL Trust event.
How to get here
By Road: The Rochdale campus is 2.6 miles from junction 20 off the M62. Follow the signs for Rochdale town centre
By Rail: Rochdale train station is a ten minute walk from the Rochdale Campus through the town centre. It is also a Metrolink station, Manchester’s light railway system, which links Rochdale with Oldham, Bury and Manchester City Centre.
By Bus: The Rochdale bus station is approximately 5 minutes’ walk from the Rochdale campus. There are frequent bus services throughout the borough which terminate in Rochdale.