Partnerships for Change

Partnerships – between schools, universities, and the third sector – are becoming increasingly important to successful widening participation in higher education and to making a real difference to young people’s lives.

So our conference will focus on one central question: how can universities, schools and third sector organisations work together to ensure the best outcomes for students and their teachers?

The day will include keynote speeches from Lord Winston and MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis.

We’ll also be joined by Chris Millward, Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students, and Natalie Perera, one of our Trustees and Head of Research at the Education Policy Institute, who will be chairing our panel discussion on “Working in partnership in the field”.

Confirmed panellists include:

Anand Shukla (The Brightside Trust)

Femi Bola (MBE FRSA)

Sarah Young (Impetus PEF)

Simon Pedley (Ormiston Academies Trust)

Nikki Lane (East Coast College, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft)

In the afternoon there’s the opportunity to join our participatory workshops:

Effective teacher CPD for widening participation to higher education: What does successful teacher development look like?

With contributions from Dr Annalisa Alexander (Imperial College London), Bridget Clay (Teach First) and Joanna Marchant (King's College London).

E-mentoring for widening participation to higher education: What makes an effective e-mentoring programme?

With contributions from Michael Dosanjh (University of Nottingham) and Suzanna Maskrey (The Brightside Trust).

School partnerships and the challenge of raising attainment: How can partnerships increase attainment in schools?

With contributions from Naomi Burley-Baker (The Access Project), Richard Eyre (The Brilliant Club), Nasser Latif (Nottingham Trent University) and Carole Smith (Urban Scholars, Brunel University London).

Making the link from school to higher education: How do we create successful student transitions?

With contributions from Sam Dangerfield (Causeway Education), Doug Jennings (University of Bristol), Hannah McAuley (Ark Academies) and Sue Wisbey (Allen & Overy).

Tickets are free but registration is necessary. Places are limited so we encourage you to register to secure your place as soon as possible.

For the full programme and more information visit www.causeway.education/conference. If you have any queries, please contact Fionna McLauchlan at events@causeway.education.