4. What is Warwick in Africa
• International volunteering
• Combining
– Warwick Students and Staff
– Corporate volunteers
– Local learners
– Local teachers
• To offer
– English Language and Maths education in schools
– High quality professional development for teachers – in country and in UK
• Started as a pilot in 2006, now sustained by mixed funding model
5. Impact on
communities
in Africa Impact on career
intentions and
thus schools in
the UK
Impact on
schools in
Africa
Impact on
teachers in
Africa
6. Delivering Global and local benefit
• Relational – and longer term
– Durable links to host schools
– Engagement of corporate partners, corporate volunteers
• Reciprocity
– Hosting teachers for UK based CPD, master classes locally
– Engagement with local teaching community around Warwick
• Sustainability
– Train the trainers
– Philanthropy
– Students raise funds for the future, not themselves
Hinweis der Redaktion
high level evidence in context (so where the Africa initiative sits in terms of the broader mobility activity
Impact on the students who undertake the mobility experience (quantitative and qualitative) – both immediate and longer term (eg changed career intentions)
Impact on schools in host countries (we have some exam performance data)
Impact on communities (via host school teachers)
Generic features that deliver local/global benefit (here we’re thinking in terms of themes partnership working (range of host country partners), reciprocity (we host teachers from our partner schools for CPD in the UK) but also sustainability in terms of funding, ability to ensure opportunities for all students (so there are links to our widening participation agenda)