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Bradford Youth Development Partnership: Race & Identity Project
The aim of this project, organised by Bradford College in conjunction with Bradford Youth Development Partnership was to engage a group of young adults on a programme focusing on race and identity within Britain. Key topics would include the social construction of race and identity, stereotypes and discrimination and a look at individual’s personal experiences. It would also include the students researching and presenting on a known case study such as the Stephen Lawrence murder, and a visit to Liverpool to look at its history in terms of the slave trade. The group consisted of 12 young adults of mixed gender and ethnicity representing a number of communities and neighborhoods across the district.
Course content
The course is run over a 12 period and is delivered through structured sessions incorporating group work activities, presentations, field trip to Liverpool and guest speaker (ex-BNP member).
Group work activities play a major part throughout the structured weekly sessions and mid way through the project, learners will be split up into small groups and asked to deliver presentations to the rest of the groups. These presentations specifically concentrate on three race related criminal cases that had major consequences on the justice system in Britain. See identity project scheme of work.
Outcomes
On successful completion of this project, learners will:
- Gain an Understanding of discrimination with regard to race, gender, ability and sexuality
- Gain an understanding of equal opportunities
- Gain an understanding of challenging discrimination
- Gain an understanding of support agencies
- Identify ways of combating discrimination in practice
- This course (Equal Opportunities) is an accredited piece of work through the National Open College Network (NOCN) Youthtrain Programme, at level 2 which is equivalent to: GCSE level A to C, NVQ 2, GNVQ Intermediate and BTEC first.
- Learners will gain greater Knowledge and Awareness of Equal Opportunities in society with regards to race, gender, sexuality, and ability.
In addition two of the learners from the group presented their experiences of undertaking the course to an audience at the Yorkshire and Humber Citizenship Regional Network meeting, which was held on the 13/03/07 at Queens Hotel Leeds.
See also results of questionnaire which aimed to find out what young people think about politics and how they would like to become involved at a local, national and international level. 445 questionnaires were sent to Sixth Form Centre students at Bradford College and 132 replies were received.
Lead contacts: Umit Yildiz (Bradford College) and Sofia Mahmood (Bradford Youth Development Partnership)
Emails: u.yildiz@bradfordcollege.ac.uk or sofia@bydp.co.uk
Telephone: Umit Yildiz: 01274 43 3160 or 07849 780288