Faculty of Education & I4P Action for Refugees Conference Edge Hill, 6 July 2017 Venue: Creative Edge Conference aim: To promote a multi-faceted, positive, response to the refugee crisis that results in a greater understanding of and practical support for those involved. Our intended outcomes for the conference are to: 1. To share relevant research. 2. Increase knowledge and understanding of the refugee crisis. 3. Provide practical support to agencies working with refugees for example by the provision of enhancement days on campus. 4. Ensure that all teacher-training graduates from the Faculty of Education are better able to meet the learning requirements of refugees. Time Venue Session Delivered by 8.45-9.15 Foyer Registration and Workshop Selections Tea / Coffee for all delegates 9.15-9.30 Lecture Theatre 1. Welcome and Introductions John Cater, Vice Chancellor, EHU 9.30-10.00 Lecture Theatre 2. Live link to a refugee camp in the town of Alexandria, Northern Greece including questions and discussion with key personnel in the camp Yiannis Koufonikos, Lecturer in Film and Television Production and Elena Boschi, Lecturer Film and Television Studies, EHU. Prior to the event delegates are invited to submit questions for the camp via email to: mike.stoddart@edgehill.ac.uk
10.00-10.30 Lecture Theatre 3. Live link with Care4Calais Sara Tomlinson, Care4Calais and Aylisha Hogan, doctoral student, Queen s, Belfast. 10.30-10.50 Foyer Tea / Coffee for all delegates 10.50 Lecture Theatre 4. A series of 5 x 15 minute presentations plus an opportunity for Q/A with each presenter 1. Prof. Michael Lavalette: Hope 2. Care4Calais Live link with volunteers in Calais 3. Bekele Woyecha: Citizens UK: 'Community Sponsorship of Refugees' 4. UCU, Jo McNeill: of and Liz Lawrence: Sheffield Hallam 5. Global Unity Society (EHU students) 1.00-1.45 Foyer Lunch break and opportunity to network and visit stalls Note, this is a free event and we will not be providing lunch for delegates. However we have a wide selection of on-site coffee bars, cafés and restaurants at Edge Hill 1.15-1.45 Lecture Theatre There will be a screening of The Others, a short film by Derek Murray at 1.15 in the Lecture Theatre followed by an opportunity for discussion with Derek Derek Murray, Edge Hill
1.45-2.15 Break-out rooms 5. Presentations / Workshops For all workshop details see table attached 2.15-2.45 2.45-3.15 See workshops attached Delegates will be required to make choices for each session at registration on arrival. There will be 3 x 30 minute sessions at: 1.45, 2.15 and 2.45 Witness testimonies from refugees now living in Prof. Michael Lavalette: Hope Bekele Woyecha, Citizens UK UCU - Jo McNeill, of and Liz Lawrence, Sheffield Hallam Global Unity Society (EHU students) Aylisha Hogan, Researcher, Queen s Belfast Tina Griffiths, Lecturer, Community College, Language Education of Adult Refugees Martin Ford, Lecturer in Education, EHU, Developing the curriculum: How can teacher educators and new teachers in primary and secondary education respond to the needs of the refugee community? Deacon Kevin Duffy, Our Warm Welcome: Charity to support asylum seekers and refugees. 3.15-3.30 Foyer Tea / Coffee for all delegates 3.30-4.00 Lecture Theatre 6. Next steps Professor John Diamond, Director of I4P and Head of Academic Planning, Faculty of Education, EHU 4.00-4.15 Lecture Theatre 7. Plenary and closing remarks Dr. Lynnette Turner, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Education 4.15 Lecture Theatre 8. Interrupted Screening of 722 TMX Engineer battalion (Yiannis Koufonikos, 2016) The documentary will be screened with short breaks to allow participants to discuss in small groups. Directed by Yiannis Koufonikos, Lecturer in Film and Television Production, EHU. (Live link for closing Q&A) Screening facilitated by Dr. Elena Boschi, Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, EHU.
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS Session Preference and Times Lecture Theatre (capacity 240) Room CE003 (capacity 21) Room CE015 (capacity 28) Room CE102 Room CE103 Room CE204 1.45-2.15 Witness testimonies from refugees now living in Professor Michael Lavalette, Hope Capitalism, migration and the contemporary 'refugee crisis' Bekele Woyecha of Citizens UK will share about the worsening refugee crisis; what is being done to address this crisis across Britain and what is missing and College Union - Jo McNeill, of and Liz Lawrence, Sheffield Hallam Global Unity Society (EHU students) will discuss their aims as a university society, provide opportunities to get involved and will be open to new ideas about what they could be doing to help Aylisha Hogan, Researcher, Queen s Belfast The ethics and value of working with asylum seekers and refugees Tick your preference 2.15-2.45 Witness testimonies from refugees now living in Professor Michael Lavalette, Hope Capitalism, migration and the contemporary 'refugee crisis' Deacon Kevin Duffy Our Warm Welcome: this is a new charity being established in St Helens to support efforts to welcome asylum seekers and refugees and College Union - Jo McNeill, of and Liz Lawrence, Sheffield Hallam Tina Griffiths, Lecturer, Language Education of Adult Refugees Martin Ford, Lecturer in Education, EHU, Developing the curriculum: How can teacher educators and new teachers in primary and secondary education respond to the needs of the refugee community? Tick your preference
Session Preference and Times Lecture Theatre (capacity 240) Room CE003 (capacity 21) Room CE015 (capacity 28) Room CE102 Room CE103 Room CE204 2.45-3.15 Tick your preference Witness testimonies from refugees now living in Bekele Woyecha of Citizens UK will share about the worsening refugee crisis; what is being done to address this crisis across Britain and what is missing Global Unity Society (EHU students) will discuss their aims as a university society, provide opportunities to get involved and will be open to new ideas about what they could be doing to help Aylisha Hogan, Researcher, Queen s Belfast The ethics and value of working with asylum seekers and refugees Tina Griffiths, Lecturer, Language Education of Adult Refugees Martin Ford, Lecturer in Education, EHU, Developing the curriculum: How can teacher educators and new teachers in primary and secondary education respond to the needs of the refugee community?
Pen Portraits: Bekele Woyecha of Citizens UK Bekele, a former refugee from Ethiopia, has travelled across Britain to build local refugee welcome teams. Bekele has been working as a Community Organiser at Citizens UK for the past 6 years with main responsibilities on Refugee Welcome campaign since September 2015. Prior to joining Citizens UK, Bekele was a senior manager in government departments in Ethiopia. He was also the human rights defender fellow of the of Nottingham where he studied International Human Rights Law; Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law in the USA where he studied Advanced Study Of Nonviolent Conflict and most recently attended Global Change Agents Program at Harvard Kennedy School in the US. Michael Lavalette is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at Hope He is the national co-ordinator of the Social Work Action Network (SWAN) in the UK. Over the last 18 months he has organised three solidarity convoys to the Calais region for social work students and practitioners. Michael has published a number of books which broadly deal with issues of social justice, including Voices From the West Bank (2011), Capitalism and Sport (2013), Race, Racism and Social Work (2014) and Schools Out!: The hidden history of School Student Strikes (2016). He has two books due out early next year: Global Social Work in a Political Context: Radical Perspectives (2018) and What is the Future for Social Work? (2018) In his sessions Michael will look at three inter-related themes. First the history of migration under capitalism. Over the last 300 years the development of capitalism has destroyed old and traditional ways of life and forms of production and drawn increasing numbers of people 'migrants' into the towns and cities to work in the factories and offices of capitalist industry. In a sense we are all the children of migrants - somewhere in our family histories our relations have been forced to move from one place to another to find work. Second, we will look at the 'contemporary refugee crisis'. We will look at the numbers of people moving and the causes - and just as importantly - the responses they meet from the states and their hired hands as they try to flee to improve their lives. Finally, we will look at the background and experience of the three 'Convoys to Calais' organised by the Social Work Action Network. What historical traditions did the convoys draw upon? How where they organised? What was their purpose? Was this simply about charity, or something deeper in the form of 'political and economic solidarity'? Tina Griffiths, ESOL Lecturer and Advanced Practitioner With over 25 years experience of teaching adult migrants, teacher training and staff development, including project management at a national and pan-london level for the Refugee Council. In my session Language Education of Adult Refugees I will be giving an overview of language education (contexts, curriculum, qualifications and progression routes for students).
Global Unity Society This society is newly affiliated by Edge Hill students. It is currently managed by students training in primary education with the intention of graduating with a better education on how to meet the needs of refugee children. The society aims to help those in need and challenge misconceptions, particularly on the refugee crisis. They have a current focus on the refugee crisis but are open to helping a variety of causes in order to make a difference. To sign up visit: http://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/groups/global-unity-society or visit the Facebook page where regular updates are posted with opportunities to get involved: Global Unity Society. Rev Kevin Duffy As a key part of his ministry as a permanent deacon in the Catholic Church Kevin has been leading a small group of volunteers to welcome those asylum seekers who have been dispersed by the home office to St Helens. The volunteers come from a wide variety of faith and secular groups from across the whole community. The group are currently establishing a new charity known as Our Warm Welcome to widen support and awareness of the issues facing asylum seekers and those who have been recently given leave to stay as well as destitute asylum seekers. The charity will also ensure the work remains viable for the coming years as these vulnerable people will require support for many years to come.