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Alison Braithwaite
Alison Braithwaite is a Lecturer for the Career Development Professional Apprenticeship, as well as, the project manager for the MOVE Project, which aims to support the long term unemployed back into work and learning. Through this project, Alison has developed a detailed understanding of the factors influencing employment and learning choices for adults in the local community and undertakes career guidance support to participants. This builds on Alison’s 30 plus years of experience in working in the Career Development sector since studying the Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance at Napier University. Alison has worked in Careers and Connexions Services in Norfolk, Leeds and Lincolnshire as a practitioner in schools and community settings, leading on policy development and as a delivery manager. Her main areas of expertise and interest are services to support the marginalised in society, particularly young people who are NEET (Not in Education, Employment and Training) or at risk of becoming so, having been County Lead for 8 years. Prior to her career in careers, Alison graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in Biochemistry and worked for the Cancer Research Campaign at Charing Cross Hospital for 3 years. -
English at BGU celebrate top NSS rank
In the recent National Student Survey, BGU placed top in the UK for student satisfaction in Literature in English ranked top in the UK. -
Sociology graduate and BGU student researcher speaking at TEDX event
The independently organised TEDx event aims to share bold ideas, long truths, and jaw-dropping creative visions. The day event will feature a speaker programme, discussion groups, workshops and is designed to help you dig deeper and turn ideas into actions. Robyn studied Sociology at BGU and was also student researcher on this two-year project to that provided a programme of activities to raise awareness, share learning and promote progress using Participatory Action Research, to make BGU better placed to promote inclusion. Earlier this year, Robyn also gave a poster presentation at the International Conference on Women’s Leadership and Empowerment in Amsterdam on the project ‘Enabling Gender Equality in Leadership: an exploration of leadership and self-awareness at Bishop Grosseteste University’. Robyn Jackaman said: “I’m delighted to be speaking at the TEDxBrayfordPool event this November. I’m incredibly passionate about social change, gender and identity. “I’m currently aiming to accomplish a PhD in Education and work towards legislative changes in the British sex education, and I’m always up for a chat about my areas of research.” Photo credit: www.tedxbrayfordpool.com/tedxybp -
Allison Webb
Allison is Director of Business and Community Engagement and has twenty-five years strategic leadership experience across careers, employability, enterprise and broader teenage services, ten of these based in higher education as a Head of Careers, Employability and Enterprise leading a department of up to twenty managers and professional staff. She has led teams delivering a broad range of services to business including BG Futures which now forms the Lincolnshire Social Economy Hub. Current key responsibilities include oversight of Apprenticeships, Partnerships, LORIC and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, Business Development and Community Development, linking to University's Social Purpose. -
Eleanor Tierney
Eleanor joined BGU as a Visiting Tutor in 2019 after many years of Secondary Computing classroom teaching and supporting trainee teachers. She has been Head of Department and ICT Across the Curriculum Lead, auditing, planning and delivering staff training as well as providing additional support for Gifted, Talented and More Able students. Eleanor has taught qualified teachers Internationally with particular emphasis on Assessment for Learning and Gifted, Talented and more Able students in Computing. Eleanor is Computing Lead for PGCE Secondary Initial Teacher Education and also supports the Science department. She is also a member of the Social Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange Unit. Eleanor’s Doctoral research focuses on exploring school based mentors’ training needs in general terms, and more specifically Computing mentors, and how this translates to supporting trainee Computing teachers strengthen the interplay between theory and practice. -
Autistic Perspectives to be Explored in Third Bishop Grosseteste University Participatory Autism Research Symposium.
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Carers’ Conference 2022
Earlier this month, we were delighted to host the 'Engaging, identifying and supporting carers within education and employment learning' Conference. This was a joint collaboration between BGU's Health and Social Care Community and Every-One, with an aim to raise the profile of unpaid carers. “An unpaid carer is described as someone who looks after a relative or friend who due to ill health, physical or mental illness, disability, frailty or addiction cannot manage without support” - Lincolnshire County Council A variety of guest speakers spoke throughout the day, along with BGU staff and students, all of whom shared their experience of being a carer. Over 80 delegates participated from a number of different healthcare providers in Lincolnshire. Representatives from Lincolnshire Coop, Lincolnshire County Council, Every-One, Carers First, Kisimul School, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust and North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, were all in attendance, alongside our Health and Social care students. The students played a vital role at the conference, in terms of co-hosting and facilitating workshops. Speaking about the conference, The Rev’d Canon Professor Peter Neil, Vice-Chancellor of BGU, said: “As an institution we take carers very seriously and have obtained the Carers’ Award on repeated occasions which is in recognition of both the work with our students and staff who have caring responsibilities. It was good to have BGU being described as a centre of excellence for this particular group, and it was pleasing to hear so many positive comments from delegates and organisers about our students’ engagement with this as they will be the professionals with a role in taking the agenda forward as future innovators” Thank you to everyone who participated and attended in the conference. We look forward to seeing you again at future events. To find out more about our Health and Social courses at BGU, click here. You can also follow the team on social media: Health & Social Care Twitter Feed – follow us @BGUHSC Health & Social Care on Facebook – join us today https://www.facebook.com/groups/413626524138455/?ref=share -
Leanne Leverton
Leanne teaches the BSc and MA Health and Social Care degrees at BGU. Leanne's background within practice was Health Visiting Practice with a specialist qualification in Community Public Health Nursing and Practice Education. She is also a registered paediatric nurse. Leanne has delivered education and training within the specialist field and public health community nursing for 10 years bringing considerable healthcare experience and Knowledge to the Health and Social Care programmes. -
Bishop Grosseteste University Third Participatory Autism Research Symposium Reflection
On 16th November 2022, Bishop Grosseteste University hosted it's third Participatory Autism Research Symposium. -
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