The NERUPI Team will be taking a break from 18 December to January 3rd. We wish you all a restful and enjoyable holiday. We have two great events lined up for January so book now so they are in the diary to get 2025 of to a good start.

PEER EVALUATION COURSE

We have been talking to some of you who are not sure the Peer Evaluation Course is for them because of the time commitment. There are two in-person workshops, three online sessions and a residential plus a Peer Review. This runs from July to September but is spaced out in this way so that you can fit in your SUMMER HOLIDAYS. The course is carefully designed to minimise the amount of time you need to spend to build up the evidence needed to participate in a peer review. Participants have found that working with small group of colleagues facing similar challenges offers very practical support for implementing your Intervention Strategies and is a great CPD opportunity. We are planning the 2025 course now and guest contributors who will include John Blake, OfS and Jon Rainford, NERUPI and OU. Although it doesn’t start until the 8 April we will keep the group small so do send in your expressions of interest as soon as possible.

WORKING GROUP PRESENTATION SESSIONS

LEARNING, TEACHING & AWARDING GAPS -online 23 January HERE

At this first session in 2025 for the Knowledge, Attainment and Pedagogy Working Group Knowledge, Attainment & Pedagogy we are delighted to welcome Dr Eileen Pollard from Manchester Metropolitan University. Eileen will explore the development and implementation of the Curriculum Design for Addressing Awarding Gaps framework at Manchester Met. The framework is structured around three core questions: who are your students? how are you assessing them? what kind of graduate do you want to produce? It was designed in response to work at Manchester Met to address ethnicity awarding gaps but the approach, which draws on the work of Paul Ashwin and colleagues, can be applied to improve learning and teaching approaches for any marginalised groups.

GENERAL EVENTS

• WORKING WITH BOYS & YOUNG MEN – online, 14 January 09.30 – 13.00. Book HERE
  In this event Alex Blower from Boys’ Impact, will introduce the complex interplay of challenges facing young working-class men as they negotiate their identities in compulsory education. It will deepen understanding of the role of masculinity and inequality in the likelihood of young men engaging in the classroom, alongside introducing innovative approaches to meeting the challenge as educators. With practice examples from University of Sussex and University of East Anglia, along with the opportunity to develop meaningful strategies for change in your context facilitated by Jon Rainford and Joanne Moore.

EVALUATION TOOLKIT SERIES
We have a great series of events lined up for those new to evaluation and for those with a bit more experience:

• NERUPI TOOLKIT EVENT: THE NERUPI FRAMEWORK AND EVALUATION - 6 February. TO BOOK CLICK HERE
• DEVELOPING EVALUATION CULTURE & WORKING WITH PRAXIS TEAMS - 5 December. FOR MORE INFORMATON & TO BOOK CLICK HERE
• IMPACT EVALUATION & CAUSATION; THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY - 10 June. TO BOOK CLICK
• EVALUATING RAISING ATTAINMENT - 24 June TO BOOK CLICK HERE

Annette and the NERUPI Team