Dr Ian Pickup, Pro Vice Chancellor, UEL
Published:
8:45 AM April 25, 2021
University and College Union members are due to strike over planned redundancies at the University of East London.
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What a 12 months it has been.
Our focus at the University of East London (UEL) over this period has been twofold. Firstly, to support the wellbeing – mental and physical – of our students and staff, and secondly, to continue to provide the highest level of careers-focused education to 17,000 learners from across the world.
Our dual-delivery model has been a real success. We’ve embraced the latest technology, innovated with learning methods and brought along with us, through a significant level of hardship funding, those who may not have had sufficient access to IT equipment or digital services.
Review Quotes âWritten in a prose which is both scholarly and profoundly compassionate, Mark Freeman recounts the journey of his motherâs dementia from a sonâs perspective, using insights gained from his years of thinking about how we come to tell the stories we live, what happens when those threads fall apart, and exploring what cultural tools are available to us to tell stories of decline and death. This book will bring fresh insights combined with a deep sense of recognition to anyone interested in questions of memory and identity, who has lived with someone with dementia, or even struggled with the gradual loss of a loved one. While the story told here is about a particular person, in a particular time and place, with a particular son, Freeman offers the reader a philosophical contemplation on the meaning of love and loss, inviting us to reflect on who we are in relation to others in our lives, and the trouble of making sense when those
Little Ilford School s head of music Olu Sodeinde.
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A teacher who has worked with pops stars like Leona Lewis, Sam Smith and Rita Ora has transformed a Manor Park school music department.
Olu Sodeinde’s love for music drew him to a professional performing career, working with numerous global celebrities, but his passion for teaching led him back to the classroom.
He is now head of music at Little Ilford School.
Olu Sodeinde in the classroom at Little Ilford School.
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Such has been his impact, Mr Sodeinde features in Channel 4 series Rebel With A Cause, which celebrates teachers who break the mould as part of a Department for Education teacher recruitment campaign.
The impact of explosive violence on childcare
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Explosive violence attacks the very fabric of a family unit. It kills and injures parents and carers, rendering them unable to provide the nurturing and protection children need children. AOAV data shows that in 2019 alone, 27,466 adults were killed and injured by explosive weapons- many of whom will be parents, grandparents, and carers.
In this report we seek to examine the impacts – direct and indirect – of explosive violence on how children are cared for. We find that, perhaps even predictably, the loss of parental support, through death, injury, or mental illness, exposes a child to the risk of homelessness, abduction, sexual violence, and recruitment to armed groups.
She praised the college for its constant communication and contingency planning in support of staff.
But Emilia hoped the pandemic had forced the government to consider investing more in further education, which she described as a neglected sector . If we look at core skills, this is a space where these skills need to be addressed, she said. The students need to be made more employable and become more confident within themselves. If anything, this pandemic has brought to light the clear disparities between the various sectors. This sector needs more support and should not be seen as a last resort – it is a space for potential.”