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Forthcoming post-16 citizenship staff training events
We are pleased to offer free of charge staff training events throughout England. The events are an opportunity to explore both general issues for post-16 citizenship delivery plus focus on specific areas of interest relevant to your practice.
The events are available to staff and other key
stakeholders in citizenship across the post-16 education and training sector in
England. The range of staff training events available cater for staff in all post-16 settings. Copies of newly published guidance and teaching & learning materials will be available on each occasion.
See below for details of the latest events on offer. Also visit our regional webpages
for information on post-16 citizenship in your region.
You may also be interested in viewing programmes and materials used at previous training events that we have run in the past.
Current events
The beginner's guide to post-16 citizenship
At this event staff working in post-16 education and training will get to grips with the definition and key principles of post-16 citizenship, consider its purpose and benefits and discover a variety of possible models and approaches to setting up and organising post-16 citizenship in their own organisations. The event will model an active learning approach that is central to effective post-16 citizenship. Free teaching and learning and staff development resources will be available to select and take away. The day will include opportunities to network with colleagues and learn from best practice examples including hearing from young people who have taken part in citizenship activities themselves.
Date of event: 01.10.2008
Location: Birmingham
Event reference: CZBG08WM01
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Promoting community cohesion through active citizenship
Throughout the day participants from a variety of post-16 education and training settings will be involved in interactive workshops and plenary review sessions. Delegates will explore some of the issues surrounding community cohesion in the current social and political climate, including identity and diversity, and how to approach these issues with learners. Delegates will also investigate the effectiveness of different strategies for promoting active citizenship through community cohesion. The event will also provide an update on some of the recent government policies and independent reports on community cohesion.
Date of event: 02.10.2008
Location: Basildon
Event reference: CZPA08EA02
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The beginner’s guide to post-16 citizenship
At this event staff working in post-16 education and training will get to grips with the definition and key principles of post-16 citizenship, consider its purpose and benefits and discover a variety of possible models and approaches to setting up and organising post-16 citizenship in their own organisations. The event will model an active learning approach that is central to effective post-16 citizenship. Free teaching and learning and staff development resources will be available to select and take away. The day will include opportunities to network with colleagues and learn from best practice examples including hearing from young people who have taken part in citizenship activities themselves.
Date of event: 07.10.2008
Location: Peterborough
Event reference: CZBG08EA03
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Happy planet: sustainable development and citizenship
This event will introduce participants from all post-16 education and training settings to some key principles of education for sustainable development (ESD) and demonstrate how citizenship learning can be developed through considering issues of sustainable development with learners. Participants will be able to actively experience a range of ESD activities and will work in groups to select and explore the applicability of sustainable development issues and ESD approaches to citizenship teaching and learning. Delegates will consider ideas, activities and resources for use with their own learners. Free teaching and learning and staff development resources will be available to select and take away. The day will also include structured and informal opportunities to network with colleagues interested in developing citizenship learning opportunities related to sustainable development.
Date of event: 08.10.2008
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Event reference: CZHP08SW04
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Speak up: learner voice and citizenship
The importance of hearing and actively listening to the learner voice has become a central part of post-16 education and training where it has a strong alignment with post-16 citizenship. Learner voice and representation supports the delivery of wider citizenship learning objectives. Likewise citizenship learning can greatly enhance the effectiveness and quality of learner voice within an organisation. Participants will explore the current understanding of 'what is the learner voice', its development in the context of the personalisation agenda, the LSC guidance on learner involvement, and the establishment of the national learner panel. An important feature of the day will be the contribution of young people committed to representing, extending and shaping youth voice within the education sector and beyond. Effective youth representation, participation in various discussions and committees, and being co-producers of their own lear
Date of event: 09.10.2008
Location: Nottingham
Event reference: CZSU08EM05
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The beginner’s guide to post-16 citizenship
At this event staff working in post-16 education and training will get to grips with the definition and key principles of post-16 citizenship, consider its purpose and benefits and discover a variety of possible models and approaches to setting up and organising post-16 citizenship in their own organisations. The event will model an active learning approach that is central to effective post-16 citizenship. Free teaching and learning and staff development resources will be available to select and take away. The day will include opportunities to network with colleagues and learn from best practice examples including hearing from young people who have taken part in citizenship activities themselves.
Date of event: 14.10.2008
Location: Plymouth
Event reference: CZBG08SW06
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Promoting community cohesion through active citizenship
Throughout the day participants from a variety of post-16 education and training settings will be involved in interactive workshops and plenary review sessions. Delegates will explore some of the issues surrounding community cohesion in the current social and political climate, including identity and diversity, and how to approach these issues with learners. Delegates will also investigate the effectiveness of different strategies for promoting active citizenship through community cohesion. The event will also provide an update on some of the recent government policies and independent reports on community cohesion.
Date of event: 16.10.2008
Location: Leeds
Event reference: CZPA08YH07
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Choosing an angle: citizenship through video-making
Video provides a powerful, creative and motivating tool for citizenship, both in collecting evidence and to express ideas to a variety of audiences. This session provides hands-on activities to explore how we can exploit video for citizenship learning by supporting learners in using video for learner voice activities and active citizenship campaign-style videos. The video technology available, and learners' familiarity with it, suggests we can be more flexible in the way we use it to support learning and it can be particularly useful in motivating disengaged learners. Drawing on experience in the sector and media specialists, delegates will gain insights and material to help explore citizenship through video further with staff and learners in their own institutions.
Date of event: 06.11.2008
Location: London
Event reference: CZCA08SE08
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The politics of everything: political literacy and citizenship
Political literacy helps young people become more politically aware and helps them develop as effective, active citizens. Through considering examples of best practice and the applicability of these in their own organisations delegates from a variety of post-16 education and training settings will explore a range of approaches and methods for engaging young people with aspects of political literacy. Techniques and activities for encouraging debate and discussion will be practised in a fun and stimulating way in order for delegates to experience activities they might use with their own learners. Delegates will also be able to select from a variety of resources and ideas to take back to their own organisations.
Date of event: 07.11.2008
Location: Newcastle
Event reference: CZMT08NE09
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Making tomorrow work: building skills through citizenship learning
Let Citizenship help you do your work! It is a government aspiration expressed in the 14-19 Education and Skills White paper, that 'everyone leaving education is equipped to be an informed, responsible, active citizen'. Citizenship can be delivered in a variety of ways especially in programmes and courses that are vocational or work related. This event will show how to use citizenship as a vehicle by which learners can be motivated to achieve the basic/key skills, foster skills of innovation, develop personal, learning and thinking skills (PLTs), investigate their vocational area, give young people true ownership of learning, increase their confidence and raise their aspirations.
Date of event: 11.11.2008
Location: London
Event reference: CZMT08LO10
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The beginner’s guide to post-16 citizenship
At this event staff working in post-16 education and training will get to grips with the definition and key principles of post-16 citizenship, consider its purpose and benefits and discover a variety of possible models and approaches to setting up and organising post-16 citizenship in their own organisations. The event will model an active learning approach that is central to effective post-16 citizenship. Free teaching and learning and staff development resources will be available to select and take away. The day will include opportunities to network with colleagues and learn from best practice examples including hearing from young people who have taken part in citizenship activities themselves.
Date of event: 13.11.2008
Location: Southampton
Event reference: CZBG08SE11
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Working together: active citizenship through community partnerships
Good working relationships with community partners are a valuable feature of citizenship learning. Community involvement is a vital element to citizenship education to which working with community partners can make a valuable contribution. Delegates from all post-16 education and training settings will explore how community partnerships can form a basis for developing active citizenship opportunities for young people. Developing partnerships where community partners may be able to work in a variety of ways directly with your organisation extends opportunities for young people to engage in active citizenship through direct participation in their own local community. At this event delegates will consider examples of best practice and explore ideas and resources for developing community partnerships to support citizenship learning within their own organisations.
Date of event: 20.11.2008
Location: Liverpool
Event reference: CZWT08NW12
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EurOpinions: Citizens' forum for young people
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