BCU – Open School Doors

1st Training Workshop in UK

openschd — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 08:55:40 +0000

Two pilot workshops ran at Birmingham City University to launch Phase 1 of the Open School Doors training framework on 20th and 27th June 2018. Teachers and school leaders from six of pilot schools attended as well as some of student trainee teachers from Birmingham City University and a representative from Birmingham Schools of Sanctuary. The workshops were very productive with lots of discussion generated and constructive feedback given on the online framework. In both workshops groups piloted the ‘Mapping Literacies’ activity in which they presented all of the methods of communication currently used in their schools with parents and discussed areas to prioritise for development. Ideas included developing translation tools on the school websites, increasing use of visual images on social media, and developing opportunities for parents to share their opinions in school communication strategies.

BCU will be working with Flavours in March

openschd — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:47:26 +0000

BCU team is looking forward to welcoming the #openschooldoors international team to BCU in March and will be working with Flavours, a local School of Sanctuary based social enterprise to find out more about their approach to sharing stories and building relationships through cooking.

Meanwhile BCU makes good use twitter to share updates on our work at #openschooldoors with our wider communities and stake-holders.

Focus group in UK

openschd — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 09:51:18 +0000

Birmingham City University (BCU) was pleased to welcome #openschooldoors school partners to the university on 10^th January 2018. BCU has teamed up with Birmingham City of Sanctuary to recruit Schools of Sanctuary to the project. City of Sanctuary is a national movement to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Its goal is to create a network of towns and cities throughout the UK which are proud to be places of safety, and which include people seeking sanctuary fully in the life of their communities.

Schools of Sanctuary recognise the contribution of asylum-seekers and refugees to the City of Birmingham, and are committed to welcoming and including asylum-seekers and refugees in our activities. They support Birmingham becoming a recognized City of Sanctuary for refugees and asylum-seekers. More information about City of Sanctuary and Schools of Sanctuary is available on the website https://birmingham.cityofsanctuary.org/what-is-a-city-of-sanctuary.

During the meeting the project aims, objectives and outcomes and the ways in which we hope schools can collaborate on the project were discussed. BCU hopes to collaborate with the participating school partners on each stage of the project, including the design and development of the teacher education framework.