Culture and communities
The strength and development of our communities is a key focus of NCE's work and reaches across into many of our other themes. Current and previous work has explored the role of intangible heritage in the north of the county and how policy choices could be taken to recognise the value of language and dialect alongside work on the importance of art provision and the role of the local cultural education partnerships.
Intangible Heritage and Language across North Nottingham
Partners: Natalie Braber, Victoria House and Rich Pickford
Overview: Working with Natalie Braber, NCE supported the development of a policy report to further inform her work exploring intangible heritage and the role language and dialect places in our communities.
Duration: Less than a year
Status: Complete
Evaluation of Medway VCS transformation academy
Partners: Daniel King, Juliana Mainard-Sardon, Rich Pickford, Amanda Hay and Lyn Oxnburrow
Overview: Working alongside colleagues at Nottingham Business School, Rich is supporting an evaluation of Medway Community and Voluntary Sector (CVS) Transformation Academy which is exploring how to connect and support the CVS community to enhance the way it works collectively to support individuals and communities across Medway.
Duration: 5 years
Status: Active
Refugee Integration and church-based English language provision in the UK
Partners: Haya Fakoush
Overview: NCE is collaborating with UON on an exploratory research into the factors that guide teachers and the role of faith in shaping their professional identities in a church-based English learning provision. This research sheds light on the ways in which educational landscapes intersect with social science discourses and debates, providing valuable insights. Understanding the diversity of migrants who attend these church-based English learning programs is essential to better address their language needs. This understanding can inform ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher training programs to ensure that non-formal education initiatives are recognised as integral components of the newly arrived/migrant experience and are visible in engaging with the community.
Status: Active
Governors for School
Partners: Andrew Clapham, Rich Pickford, Sally Andrews and Haya Fakoush
Overview: NCE has supported the development of a range of projects with Andrew Clapham exploring governorship in schools and further education developing ways to influence policy and practice.
Duration: Ongoing
Status: Active - NCE engagement on hold
Arts and Nurture Group Evaluation
Partners: Frances Howard and Rich Pickford
Overview: Working alongside Dr Frances Howard, NCE's Rich Pickford has been supporting Captivate to evaluate a number of projects and programmes it supports. Further details of these and the outputs from them can be found on the project pages. Nurture through the Arts was evaluated by Dr Frances Howard and Rich Pickford to understand the impact of the project on participating schools and help share lessons for future versions of the project.
Duration: Less than a year
Status: Complete
Nottinghamshire Youth Work policy ideas
Partners: Rich Pickford, Lisa Wardle, Simon Cauvain
Overview: NCE, alongside colleagues from Social Work Care and Communities, worked with local authority colleagues to recommend ways the councils could work together on youth work policy and provision in any future devolution programmes.
Duration: Less than a year
Status: Complete
Takeover Evaluation
Partners: Frances Howard and Rich Pickford
Overview: NCE's Rich Pickford and Dr Frances Howard are undertaking an evaluation of the Arts Council funded TAKEOVER programme which provides arts-based volunteering opportunities for young people.
Duration: 1 year
Status: Active
CRISP
Partners: Frances Howard and Rich Pickford
Overview: Dr Frances Howard and NCE's Rich Pickford are supporting Captivate to develop a robust evaluation framework for the work of the cultural education partnership.
Duration: 1 year
Status: Active