Case study


Employers: Inspiring links


Education Business Partnerships up and down the country are working to


boost the links between employers and education establishments. We look at how Hackney’s partnership has been working on the area’s Diplomas


education. T rough these links, and working with


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the borough’s schools, colleges and young people, the partnership aims to raise young people’s achievements and aspirations, develop their motivation and skills for the world of work, and increase their ability to choose and achieve positive career, life and learning goals. Inspire! has played a key role in the


delivery of 14 to 19 Diplomas in Hackney. For example, it led on writing the bid to the then Department for Children, Schools and Families for delivery of the Society, Health and Development Diploma, and as a result, Hackney received Category 1 status – unconditional approval – to deliver this Diploma. In addition, the foundation was instrumental in a number of other Diploma bids, leading on development of employer engagement in relevant sector areas. T ree Diplomas are currently being


delivered in Hackney: • Society Health and Development • Construction and the Built Environment • Creative and Media T ere is a Learning Line Lead in place for


each Diploma. Inspire!’s programme manager for vocational and applied learning works closely with the Leads to plan a programme of employer-led activities over the academic year.


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NSPIRE! IS the education business partnership for Hackney in east London, and links local and London City employers and their employees with


In addition to designing and organising


activities for students, Inspire! has also delivered a range of professional development events for teachers, designed to provide them with up-to-date industry information to enable them to eff ectively teach the Diplomas. Teachers have been placed in a range of organisations including Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, T e Old Bailey, ETC Venues, and the legal advisers Linklaters.


Events organised for students Hendon Met Police Day A partnership began between Sharon Harding, Sergeant with the Met Police Training Centre in Hendon, BEST (Wandsworth’s Education Business Partnership) and Inspire! in 2008, when a meeting took place at the Head Offi ce for London’s Probation Service, organised by Skills for Justice, the sector skills council for the justice sector. T e meeting was set up to promote


partnership working between schools and education business partnerships in order to support the 14 to 19 Diplomas. PC Sharon Harding subsequently


developed a day of workshops, with the support of BEST and Inspire!, designed to meet the learning outcomes of Society Health and Development, Level 2 Unit 6, which focuses on community justice. Two events have been held to date – on


November 18th 2008 and January 20th 2010. Both were highly successful with nearly 200


Police academy: Tharema Kalam from Clapton Girls’ School is grilled by police sergeant Graham Watson as part of a Diploma learning day in London (top), while another student tries on police gear (inset)


students attending from the London boroughs of Wandsworth, Islington, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets and Hackney. T e event enables students to spend a


full day at Hendon, circulating around 6 workshops led by experienced police trainers: • Self-awareness: T is session addressed the ways in which young people can protect themselves, not only on the street, but also from “internet threats’.


• Who Am I?: Four members of the police force formed a panel (police offi cer, police community support offi cer, special constable, Met police volunteer). Students then questioned each member of the panel in order to guess their role.


• Our Playground: Students took on the roles of members of a particular community who were attending a panel meeting to address the issue of vandalism of the local playground.


• Resources Students learned about the ways in which crime and disorder are reduced within communities through hearing


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