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Samsung aunches uni qu educational experiience to prepare young people for the workplace of the future


Samsung l launches unique educational exper ence to prepare young people for the workplace of the futur


Making plastic fantast c: Vi


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Children are excellent ambassadors and voic why Viridor, the largest UK-owned recycling


a shift in behaviour towards waste through education.


Children who visit Viridor’s learning and visitor centres are now being taught about the complete journey of plastic from production all the way to the beginning of its life as a secondary plastic product. They learn that plastics do not decompose, and that by ensuring we put the right stuff in the right bin, we can give this precious resource a new life and support the circular economy.


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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd recently launched a new educational experience - Not a School – which brings young people together to address pressing issues and create solutions, whilst learning vital skills needed for the workplace of the future that will be transformed by rapid innovations in technology. The UK initiative forms a part of Samsung’s global commitment to education and citizenship efforts; helping equip the next generation of innovators with the skills needed to pioneer positive social change. The free, four-week programis designed for 18 to 25-year-old school graduates and has been co-created with a collective of inspiring young people. It features a diverse group of unorthodox teachers, whose areas of expertise range from art to activism, and fromcomedy to inclusion.


The programwill be overseen by award-winning course leader, Charlie Dark: DJ, creative influencer, poet and founder of the running community ‘Run DemCrew’. Coursementors, experts and speakers include comedian, Reuben Christian; photographer, Andriana Lagoudes; filmmaker, Lawrence Lartley and writer, Jodi A Bickley.


applications, and wi secured their spaces


The first 40 young people set to take part in this innovative program based on their community efforts, goals and creative ll begin their experience today at Samsung’s new


showcase space, Samsung KX, a dynamic community hu b in London’s King’s Cross that brings together culture, learning and innovation.


Not a School has been created with guidance fromits Youth Advisory Board and is supported by youth, culture and education groups, including Camden People’s Theatre;White Hat; London Borough of Culture; Camde n Giving; Roundhouse; and IntoUniversity.


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£2.55mfunding boost for research nto mpa ct of U school exclusions


A team of researchers operating across Oxford, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Reading and the London School of Economics (LSE) will further research into the impact of UK school exclusion after the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) awarded a large grant. The four year proj


University of Oxfor d Associate Professor


wellbeing, and the landscapes of exclusion across the UK’s four jurisdictions.


There are vast differences in the rates of oject will be led by Professor Harry Daniels and


’s Department of Education. Ian Thompson at the


The ESRC has awarded £2,550,850 to develop a multi-disciplinary understanding of the political economies and consequences of school exclusion across the UK. The research will lead to a greater understanding of the cost of exclusions at individual, institutional and system levels, as well as pupils’ rights, entitlements, protection and


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permanent school exclusion in different parts of the UK with numbers rising rapidly in England but remaining relatively low or even falling Northern Ireland, Scotland andWales. figures show there were 7,900 permanent e xclusions in England compared to just five in Scotland, not accounting for many informal and illegal forms of exclusion.


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comparisons of historical and current policy, practice and legal frameworks relating to school exclusion will be conducted for the first time. The research is organised into three work


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£2.55m funding boost for research iinto iimpact of UK school exclusions


strands: landscapes of exclusion; experiences of exclusion; and integration. The landscapes of exclusion strand examines the ways in which policies and legal frameworks shape interventions designed to prevent exclusions; the financial costs associated with exclusion; and patterns and characteristics of exclusion. The experiences of uses on families’, pupils’ and ences of the risks an d


consequences of exclusion. The integration strand will integrate these findings to ensure that the learning is continuous as the research develops a coherent multi-disciplinary understanding of the political economies of exclusion.


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Visitor CentreManager Jessica Baker-Pike said: “School pupils come to Viridor facilities and learn about recycling, how that which can’t be recycled is transformed to create


renewable energy but that much of what is recyclabl e finds its way into non- recyclable waste instead. “Our simple message to


pupils is centred on reducing and re-using things first, then we move on to ‘right stuff, right bin’ for recycling and green energy recovery.We are increasingly focusing on plastic materials because


young people have heard so much about this in the media.We ar e now showing them how we play our part.


“The pupils will learn about the journey that plastic makes from production, to the market, to the bin and back to our Polymer Recycling Facility in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, to be transformed into plastic flakes and pellets, and into products on the market once again.”


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