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The three Rs in 2021: Reflect, Recover, Refresh: Reimagining learning and teaching in a changing world

Webinar #2: Life after Lockdown

Making art for student wellbeing : with Keith Brymer Jones

How can children and teens manage anxiety in uncertain times? How can we proactively support student mental health? And how can we change the future of teaching, to put empathy and wellbeing front and centre?

Join Keith Brymer-Jones, Master Potter and Judge of the Great Pottery Throwdown, to explore art as a means to combat stress and anxiety. In a world where students are encountering untold stress, we’ll look at the restorative effects of practising art - and the evidence base behind this.

We’ll also look at how you can easily integrate art into your teaching - and how this can immediately benefit your students’ wellbeing.

We’ll be joined by experts from the Oxford Brookes MA Education programme and students from Bexhill College.

With

Keith Brymer Jones, Master Potter and Judge of the Great Pottery Throwdown

Dr Rachel Payne, Principal Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University

When you sign up, we're keen to hear your thoughts on these topics, including questions you'd like answered in this session.

Date: Thursday 25th March 2021

Time: 5pm - 6.30pm

Location: GoToWebinar (sign up below)

Bexhill student participating in Life after Lockdown project

Webinar #1: Reflections on a Recovery Curriculum

A conversation with Barry Carpenter, Professor of Mental Health

How do children cope with loss? How can anxiety impact their ability to learn? And how can we reignite children’s motivation to learn, in a world that is dramatically changing?

Join experts from Oxford Brookes' MA Education programme to explore the Recovery Curriculum, a relationships-based approach to developing mental wellbeing in children. We'll examine how a curriculum can respond to children's emotional needs - and make sense of their experiences. And in a world where our students - and indeed ourselves - are coping with untold stress, we'll look at how we can prioritise emotional wellbeing across whole school communities.

With Jonathan Reid, MA Education SEND Strand Leader and Senior Lecturer in Child Development, SEND and Inclusion at Oxford Brookes University.

Barry Carpenter, Professor of Mental Health, Oxford Brookes University.

Teachers and advisers webinar

For: Teachers and careers advisers

This webinar was aimed at teachers and careers advisors and gave an opportunity for you to hear the very latest information on the current university application cycle, including how Oxford Brookes will be considering applicants’ grades, and what we know about the Clearing process. We also heard from senior colleagues from Oxford Spires Academy and Abingdon & Witney College on their experiences of calculating grades and supporting students during this time.

Panel Members:

Robert Hodgson, Head of Admissions Operations at Oxford Brookes
Helen Hall, UK Recruitment and Partnerships Director at Oxford Brookes
Jackie Watson, Vice Principal and Head of Sixth Form, Careers and Enrichment at Oxford Spires Academy
Jenny Craig, Vice Principal for Curriculum and Quality at Abingdon and Witney College

Student admissions and preparing for university webinar

For: Students in Year 13 or final year of college

Our second webinar provided students with the most up to date information on what they can expect from the remainder of this year’s application cycle, including information on calculated grades and how Oxford Brookes will be considering these, as well as what we know about clearing. They will also heard from an Oxford Brookes student who has completed their final year. We hope this will support students in making their final decisions before the UCAS deadline as well as answering any questions that students might have about preparing for university.

Panel Members:

Robert Hodgson, Head of Admissions Operations at Oxford Brookes
Helen Hall, UK Recruitment & Partnerships Director at Oxford Brookes
Hellen Barton, Student Transitions and Engagement Manager at Oxford Brookes
Jackie Watson, Vice Principal and Head of Sixth Form, Careers and Enrichment, Oxford Spires Academy
Jenny Craig, Vice Principal for Curriculum and Quality form Abingdon and Witney College
Panni Ujvari, final year Sociology student at Oxford Brookes University